Description

MARRICK MARRICK SMELTING
SE 09 NE
MILLS
17/68 Lower Mill (Formerly
listed as Marrick Lower
9.12.69 Mill (with flue)
GV II
Lead smelting mill. Apparently early C19, but may be earlier. Rubble. Main
building of rectangular plan, single storey. Quoins and projecting through-stones.
Segmental-headed doorway to right. 2 segmental-headed windows in right return.
Interior: 2 segmental arches in ashlar sandstone for reverberatory hearths. From
these a flue led up to the chimney now forming part of Upper Mill (qv). Bellows
room behind the hearths, and wheelchamber for a waterwheel about 7 metres in dia-
meter. On the site of a smelting mill described as new in 1592. (Arthur Raistrick,
The Lead Industry of Wensleydale and Swaledale, 1975). Disused and in ruins at
time of re-survey. Scheduled as an Ancient Monument.

Listing NGR: SE0793899463

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26604741

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Recommended Books

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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey