A view from the north west showing the side elevation of the Abbey Mill with the remains of one of the mill wheels visible in the wheelhouse

Date:
mid 20th century
Location:
Abbey Mill, Mill Street, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire
Reference:
OP36141
Type:
Photograph (Print)
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Description

The Abbey Mill dates from 1793, when an existing range of four corn mills was rebuilt into one mill with eight pairs of stones driven by four waterwheels. 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: RCH01/006 Red Box Collection (Rchme); within the Collection: RCH01 Royal Commission On The Historical Monuments Of England (Rchme) Archive

Rights

© Courtauld Institute

People & Organisations

Photographer: Kersting, Anthony Frank

Keywords

Georgian Watermill, Georgian Corn Mill