The Mill
THE MILL, ROYDON ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1078736
- Date first listed:
- 30-Sept-1983
- List Entry Name:
- The Mill
- Statutory Address:
- THE MILL, ROYDON ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1078736
- Date first listed:
- 30-Sept-1983
- List Entry Name:
- The Mill
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE MILL, ROYDON ROAD
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 MILL, ROYDON ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Hertfordshire
- District:
- East Hertfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Stanstead Abbots
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 38644 11858
Details
TL 3811 STANSTEAD ABBOTS ROYDON ROAD (south side) Stanstead Abbots village 13/27 The Mill
GV II
Corn water mill, now workshops. Rebuilt after a fire in 1881, converted to steam after 1890, ceased milling 1926 (Branch Johnson (1970)176). 4 floors and roof space tall yellow brick mill beside mill stream probably at site of Domesday mill. Wide slate roof. Arcaded with round arches rising to eaves level, 5- bays to sides, and 4-bays at ends with circular windows in each gable. Decorative tie plates at each floor. Windows with 3-ring segmental arches, stone sills and metal frames, at each level. On N end a high single-storey yellow brick and slate boilerhouse with canted end to road and tapering square chimney rising above the mill, topped with a brick necking and cornice. Boiler house has 2 round arched windows with cast iron frames set in rectangular sunk panels on E and N ends. Extended to rear in similar panelled brickwork. Prominent landmark at the junction of the High Street with Roydon Road. (Pevsner (1977) 344).
Listing NGR: TL3864411858
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 355958
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, Cherry, B, The Buildings of England: Hertfordshire, (1977), 344
Branch Johnson, W, The Industrial Archaeology of Hertfordshire, (1970), 176
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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