Description

WALSALL MB FORGE LANE
SK 00 SE
5/37 Little Aston Mill
and house adjoining
to north-east
GV II

Water-powered corn mill and house. Probably mid-C19 with C18 remains, on
earlier site. Brick with tile roofs. South-east elevation has house at
right, of one storey with attic, with string course. The earlier part has
a window, with a door to both sides, and two timber attic dormers. Beyond
a straight joint to the right is a one-bay addition which has a window with
segmental head. To the rear of the house are further additions. To the
left, continuing the roof-line of the house at a higher level, is the mill,
with a wheelpit at the left, an iron wheel visible through an arched opening
in the left-hand gable wall. Immediately to the left of the house a gabled
wing projects forward, of two storeys with attic. Its front gable wall has
openings with plain reveals to the first and attic floors. At the right on
the ground floor is a door. Interior: the left-hand room of the house has a
chamfered beam and a brick inglenook. The mill has timber floors and still
contains some of its machinery, including the wheel, gearing, vertical shaft,
stones, chutes and sack hoist.

Listing NGR: SK0822900931

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26606149

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