Monument record 11268 - Flour Mill, Milton Street

A flour mill is recorded on Cement Place, facing the canal on late 19th century maps. The main building is of red brick consisting of a large central bay and two narrower side bays. It is five storeys tall with a chimney to the rear.

The mill building survives in situ as the Mill Hotel, however it has been substantially altered. (1-4)

An archaeological watching brief was carried out on land adjoining the Mill Hotel, to the south of Milton Street, Chester in 2015. The archaeological monitoring revealed a series of late Post Medieval and modern deposits. A series of modern services were cut from beneath the tarmac surface. An east-west sandstone wall was encountered to the west of the site at a depth of 0.6m and it is believed to be associated with an earlier phase of the standing building, dating to the 19th century mill. (5)

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1872-1875, Metric Ten Foot Scale Town Plan of Chester (Maps and Plans). SCH6780.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1896-1898, Ordnance Survey First Revision County Series (Epoch 2) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire (Maps and Plans). SCH3848.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1909-1912, Ordnance Survey Second Revision County Series (Epoch 3) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire (Maps and Plans). SCH4361.

<5> L-P Archaeology, 2015, Archaeological Watching Brief at the Mill Hotel, Chester (Client Report). SCH7992.