Eskdale Corn Mill
ESKDALE CORN MILL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1086655
- Date first listed:
- 21-Jan-1985
- Statutory Address:
- ESKDALE CORN MILL
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- Date:
- 2000-08-25
- Reference:
- IOE01/02672/27
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1086655
- Date first listed:
- 21-Jan-1985
- Statutory Address 1:
- ESKDALE CORN MILL
Location
- Statutory Address:
- ESKDALE CORN MILL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cumberland (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Eskdale
- National Park:
- Lake District
- National Grid Reference:
- NY 17642 01146
Details
NY 10 SE (INSET) ESKDALE BOOT
15/12 Eskdale Corn Mill
G.V. II*
Corn Mill. Mentioned in 1578 Percy family Survey; extended (and 2nd waterwheel added) for Edward Hartley, miller 1737-72. Restored 1975 for Cumbria County Council. Snecked rubble with quoins. Graduated slate roofs with stone ridges. T-shaped plan on sloping site. Main building, 2 low storeys comprising peat store with drying floor above, mill machinery, and adjoining store wing (now exhibition area); single-storey lean-to bakehouse adjoins south end. West elevation: Higher north block has plank door to each floor and asymmetrical casement windows; wing has cart entrance on north side and plank door with 2 windows on south; south block has plank door to lower floor under slate canopy; plank door and casement window to bakehouse. East elevation: Two 12 ft overshot waterwheels to south block (both iron-framed, one in working order with wooden floats). Interior: Perforated metal drying floor heated by peat kiln below; intact wooden machinery on both floors (2 grindstones); beehive oven and copper in bakehouse. Now open to public.
Listing NGR: NY1764201146
Legacy
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- Legacy System number:
- 76210
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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