Description

SW 73 NW STITHIANS KENNAL VALE

2/264 Mill at SW74883733
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GV II

Water mill for grinding gunpowder. Circa 1850. Built for the Kennal Vale gunpowder
works. Dressed granite and granite rubble. Roofless.
Plan: Rectangular mill with central wheel pit dividing 2 similar rectangular plan 2
storey blocks with original basements to house the gearing, and with the millstone in
the upper, floors. The hub and parts of the rims of the waterwheel survive. Built
into bank at rear and originally powered by water from leat parallel to rear.
Exterior: 2 storeys (stone floor over, basement). Symmetrical 2 window east-south-
east front. Tall central wheel pit opening flanked by 2 originally identical one
window fronts. Each front has small basement opening and large openings above. Part
of right-hand bay is fallen.
Interior not inspected. Possibly there is machinery and millstones.
This mill is the last built and last used of a group of 6 similar mills which survive
in the beautiful Kennal Valley.

Listing NGR: SW7488837328

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26596289

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Recommended Books

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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version