Abbey Mill seen from the west bank of the 'Mill Avon' looking up Mill Street with numbers 1 and 2 Mill Bank to the left and the tower of Tewkesbury Abbey in the centre background

Date:
1949
Location:
Abbey Mill, Mill Street, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire
Reference:
AA78/02468
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

The Abbey Mill dates from 1793, when an existing range of four corn mills was rebuilt into a single mill. The milling of corn continued until shortly after the 1914-18 war when the building became a tea shop and subsequently a restaurant, trading on its role as 'Abel Fletcher's Mill' in the popular Victorian novel 'John Halifax Gentleman'. The Mill was converted into residential apartments circa 2005. The building is Grade II* listed.

Content

This is part of the Series: FEL01/01 Photographs taken by Herbert Felton for the National Buildings Record; within the Collection: FEL01 Herbert Felton Collection

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Felton, (Leo) Herbert

Keywords

Georgian Watermill, Georgian Corn Mill, Waterscape