Listed Building: NETHER ALDERLEY MILL AND DAM WALL (1139592)

SJ 87 NW NETHER ALDERLEY C.P. CONGLETON ROAD (East Side) 4/130 Nether Alderley Mill and Dam Wall 25/7/1952 GV II* Water Mill: late C16, machinery of 1850 and 1871, restored 1967-70 for National Trust. Ashlar buff-pink sandstone. Kerridge stone-slate roof, stone ridge. Rectangular plan with water entering at roof level. West front has long cat-slide roof with 4 louvred raking dormers. 3 openings in low wall, with a 4-board door with iron strap hinges at left approached by 3 stone steps. Both gables have a herriqgboned timber truss and in the left side is a rebated 4-light chamfered stone mullion (one mullion surviving) and in right side a chamfered stone doorcase. Interior: On 4 levels through which 2 massive oak posts pass, supporting arch braced queen post roof trusses, with wind-braced purlins and ridge. Contains 2 overshot water wheels, one below the other and the remaining working machinery to drive 2 pairs of French stones. Attached to south is complex of brick vaulted chambers of drying kiln, the perforated floor of which is now concreted over. Immediately behind the mill and joined by the penstock is the ashlar dam wall, which is contemporary with the mill. See C Boucher, Nether Alderley Mill, National Trust Guide 1978. Listing NGR: SJ8434076239