Description

NY 55 NW HAYTON GREENWELL

5/44 Gelt Mill

II

Disused water corn mill. 1775, on site of earlier mill and incorporating
earlier features, with C20 alterations. Red sandstone rubble, Welsh slate roofs
(of late 1970s), rebuilt stone chimney stacks. 3 joined buildings: mill with
wheel house, central loading bay/kiln, and granary/storehouse left. Mill of 3
storeys, 2 storeys to rear, has arched entrance with impost blocks and keystone,
surround inscribed by successive millers. Unglazed windows have plain
surrounds. 2-storey, one-bay lean-to extension to right front has similar
openings. Right is single-storey, one-bay wheel house, containing iron mill
wheel. Interior of mill contains original machinery for grinding, partly
dismantled. Loading bay/kiln of 2 storeys has plank door with keyed flat arch,
loft above. Storehouse/granary of 2 storeys, 2 bays has been altered with C20
windows to front and rear. Mill pond to rear of house now dry and stream
diverted away from mill. Building in process of conversion at time of
resurvey. See, M. Davies-Shiel, Watermills of Cumbria, 1978, p57.

Listing NGR: NY5369456542

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26620199

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)