Description

WELLESBOURNE

SP25SE KINETON ROAD, Wellesbourne
1901-1/5/180 (West side (off))
20/04/88 Wellesbourne Mill and Mill House
(Formerly Listed as:
B 4086
(West side)
Wellesbourne Mill and Millhouse)

GV II

Watermill and attached mill house. Mid to late C18 house and
mill dated 1834. Brick in English bond (mill) and Flemish
stretcher bond (house); gabled plain-tile roofs with brick
ridge and end stacks.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, most with attic; 3 ranges: the mill the
tallest to left, the other 2 descending. South-west front of
mill has top dentilled cornice and segmental-headed openings;
casements with iron opening casements; entrance to far right
has wide pegged frame to paired plank doors; 2 windows to
left, one with shutter and one with 2-light leaded casement;
first floor has blind opening; 2-storey lean-to in re-entrant
angle to right return has 3-light casement over single light;
gable has 2 small single-light windows.
Left return (south-east front) has entrance with plank door to
wheel chamber; single window to first and attic floors have
2-light casements; gable has date: 1834 in blue headers, with
similar diamond above. Rear (north-east) has entrance up steps
with plank door. 2 windows: one with small-paned casement and
projecting shaft with wooden wheel, one with shutter; window
with 3-light leaded casement to first floor.
South-west front of house has 2 ranges each of 2 windows, that
to left of 2 storeys with attic, that to right of 2 storeys.
Top dentil brick cornice. Range to left has 2 end stacks;
entrance with plank door and lean-to re-entrant porch to left
end; segmental-headed windows with 3- or 4-light leaded
casements; 2 gabled dormers with 2-light casements. Range to
right has segmental-headed openings; entrance to each end, one
with half-glazed door; windows to ground floor have 2- and
3-light small-paned casements with iron opening casements,
those to first floor similar, but with leaded glazing.
Rear (north-west) has wing with segmental-headed window with
small-paned casement to each floor; to right a window with a
6/6 sash and casement window over; tall narrow outshut to
left.
INTERIOR: house: open fireplace, chamfered spine beams and
stone flags to most ground-floor rooms; winding stair
separated from room by panelling.
Mill: trenched double-purlin roof with clasped principals;
chamfered spine beams; wood and cast-iron low breast wheel;
gear wheels of wood and iron; 2 pairs of stones; automatic
hoist, chutes and bins.
A very complete example of a mill and mill house.

Listing NGR: SP2843754414

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wellesbourne Watermill at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q7981229

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)