The Watermill
The Watermill, Pateley Bridge, HG3 5HL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1052237
- Date first listed:
- 01-May-1974
- List Entry Name:
- The Watermill
- Statutory Address:
- The Watermill, Pateley Bridge, HG3 5HL
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- Date:
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- Reference:
- IOE01/01245/17
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1052237
- Date first listed:
- 01-May-1974
- List Entry Name:
- The Watermill
- Statutory Address 1:
- The Watermill, Pateley Bridge, HG3 5HL
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- The Watermill, Pateley Bridge, HG3 5HL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- North Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Bewerley
- National Grid Reference:
- SE 14764 66418
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 31 October 2024 to update the name and address and reformat the text to current standards
SE 16 NW
2/17
BEWERLEY
RAMSGILL ROAD (west side)
The Watermill
(Formerly listed as Water Mill Inn)
1.5.74
II
Water-mill, public house at time of listing. c1860, wheel installed 1904. Coursed squared gritstone, grey slate roof. Two storeys, 12 bays. C20 gabled porch bay 9; glazed carriage arch to right. C20 20-pane centre-hinged windows to ground floor, with two four-pane sashes far right. 16-pane centre-hinged windows to first floor, all with projecting sills, plain lintels. Stone gutter brackets. Gable coping, end stacks and ridge stack bay 9. Large water-wheel attached left gable end, with stone steps giving access to hub and header tank. The building was formerly known as Foster Beck Mill and was newly built in 1864. The wheel is a 30 horse-power high-breast shot wheel with a rim drive, 35 x 5 feet. The mill was built for spinning twine or linen yarns and was later producing twine. It closed down in 1966 by which time the wheel had been driven by a diesel engine. B Jennings, A History of Nidderdale, 1967, pp 256, 264.
Listing NGR: SE1476466418
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 331145
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Jennings, B, A History of Nidderdale, (1967), 256
Jennings, B, A History of Nidderdale, (1967), 264
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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