Part of the late 18th century south western elevation of Abbey Mill with the guillotine flood gate seen to the left

Date:
circa 1965
Location:
Abbey Mill, Mill Street, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire
Reference:
OP36150
Type:
Photograph (Print)
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Description

The large guillotine flood gate, dating from 1930, replaced the mill's old wooden sluices which were considered to be inadequate. The Abbey Mill dates from 1793. 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 in 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

© L F J WALROND

People & Organisations

Photographer: Walrond, Lionel F J

Keywords

Georgian Watermill, Georgian Corn Mill, 20th Century Sluice