Description

ST24SW FIDDINGTON CP
BONSON

3/38 Bonsons Mill House with attached
mill

GV II

House with attached mill. Mill with inscribed datestone:- "1734", though all rebuilt early C19. House of coursed
rubble, colourwashed, rubble parapet with a coping, pantile roof, coped verges, end brick stacks. Symmetrical frontage,
2 storeys and basement, 3 bays; 16-pane sash windows with glazing bars, except central window to first floor with a
semi-circular head in a Gothick style; basement with open arcade of 3 semi-circular archways giving onto brick lined
vaults. Central 6-panelled door in a semi-circular head opening, fanlight with glazing bars in a gothick style, metal
hood on paired scrolled wrought- iron brackets, stone steps bridging the basement area. Attached will to left of
coursed rubble, hipped triple-Roman tile roof; the ground falls away from the house towards the mill, thus the basement
area of the former becomes an additional storey of the latter which is of 3 storeys; irregular window and door
openings, many with cambered heads, brick voussoirs, 2 and 3-light mullioned windows, iron stanchions, some with leaded
lights; 4 door openings to ground floor, plank doors; 3 further door openings to first floor. Semi-circular archway to
left of ground floor, brick voussoirs; this is where the former mill-leat emerged from the building after passing over
the internal overshot mill wheel. Most of the milling mechanism now removed, though 2 mill stones remain in-situ on the
first floor. Together the house and mill form a picturesque unit.

Listing NGR: ST2250140979

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26628585

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)