Building record 782/1 - Bradford Mill House

<1> English Heritage, 2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 57391 (Digital Archive). SCH4666.

Farmhouse. Early seventeenth century. Timber frame with brick infill (originally wattle and daub) and tiled roof (originally thatched). Two storeys. Entrance front: Deep plinth. Eleven by three cells of small framing with whitewashed brick infill. Nineteenth century porch door to right of centre and twentieth century three-light ground floor windows to right and left. Central two-light first floor window with three-light windows to either side. Twentieth century lean-to to right. Nineteenth century outshut to left with three-light twentieth century ground floor window and two-light casement window to first floor. Lateral gable stacks. Rear: deep plinth. Eleven by three cells of small framing. Blocked doorway to right of centre with three-light ground floor windows to right and left. Blocked five-light window to left of first floor with chamfered timber mullions. Three-light window to right and two-light first floor window to left. Twentieth century lean-to outshut to left and nineteenth century addition at right with two-light cambered-headed ground floor window and two-light flat lintelled window to first floor.

<2> Cheshire County Council, 1974, County Treasures Record (Index). SCH1000.

<3> Bryant, A., 1831, Map of the County Palatine of Chester (Maps and Plans). SCH2114.

This building is not depicted on this map and the label Mill Ho. Is associated with the buildings to the west (Mill Cottages and Mill Bank Farm).

<4> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 315/2 c.1846 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

This map depicts this building in the same plot as Bradford Mill. It is described as mill house and garden.

<5> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ6468, 1875-1877 (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

This map depicts this building. It appears to be sub-divided into two properties. The eastern property is connected to the mill by a path through an orchard.

<6> Ordnance Survey, 1896-1898, Ordnance Survey First Revision County Series (Epoch 2) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ6468, 1898 (Maps and Plans). SCH3848.

This map depicts this building as a single property.

<7> Norris J.H., 1968, The Water-Powered Corn Mills of Cheshire, p.62 (Article in Journal). SCH6001.

The adjoining mill house is an attractive half timbered structure.