Listed Building: KINDERTON MILL (1229548)

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Grade II
Authority Department for Culture Media and Sport
Volume/Map/Item 1866, 2, 40
Date assigned 05 December 1986
Date last amended

Description

MIDDLEWICH C.P. MILL LANE SJ 76 NW 2/40 Kinderton Mill - II Water-powered cornmill, now workshop, 1609, altered. Stone-dressed English bond brown brickwork with grey slate roof. 3 storeys with a 2-storey 3-window wing to left, probably late C18, and a front outshut left-centre, probably mid C19. Much of C17 frontage comprises a projecting cross-wing with heavy buttresses to front, flush quoins and stone-coped gable with ball finials. Recessed chamfered stone-mullioned windows, 1 per storey, lower one of 3 lights, middle one of 4 lights and upper one of 3 lights. Interior: stone inscribed 1609 right of entrance, probably moved; well of former millwheel has rim-scratches on right wall; reused oak purlins in left wing supported on queenpost trusses, probably C18. The mill had 2 internal wheels. No machinery survives, but the penstock to the right wheel-chamber is visible. Listing NGR: SJ7048766359

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Sources (1)

  • Digital Archive: English Heritage. 2005. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 56371. [Mapped features: #2215 56371; #7522 56371]

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred SJ 7048 6636 (24m by 28m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SJ76NW
Civil Parish MIDDLEWICH, CONGLETON, CHESHIRE EAST

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Record last edited

Oct 1 2011 12:00AM