Description

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NZ 18 NE
1/10
20.10.69

MITFORD
B 6343 (South side)

Old Abbey Mill
(Formerly listed as Abbey Mill)

II

GV

Mill, C18 remodelled early C19. Lower parts squared stone, remainder brick in
English Garden Wall bond 1 and 5 with cut stone quoins, lintels and sills;
pantile roof. East elevation 2 storeys on basement, 5 bays. 3 steps up to
boarded door at right end; 12-pane Yorkshire sash windows. 2 small basement
windows and pair of keyed round arches to tail goit. To right is adjacent Mill
House (q.v.).

Interior; undershot waterwheel, partly rebuilt.

Historical Note. Originally a fulling mill, re-opened 1834 by the Ashton
brothers as a cloth mill, working until 1947.

Listing NGR: NZ1837285987

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26651952

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Recommended Books

• 
  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
• 
  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)