Rissington Mill
RISSINGTON MILL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1090278
- Date first listed:
- 28-May-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Rissington Mill
- Statutory Address:
- RISSINGTON MILL
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1090278
- Date first listed:
- 28-May-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Rissington Mill
- Statutory Address 1:
- RISSINGTON MILL
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:
- RISSINGTON MILL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Gloucestershire
- District:
- Cotswold (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Little Rissington
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 18144 20282
Details
LITTLE RISSINGTON - SP 12 SE 1/212 Rissington Mill II Former corn mill and house, now house. Present building probably dates from mid C18, extended C20. Coursed squared and dressed limestone. Stone slate roof with ashlar stacks. Rectangular plan with C20 extension to right and earlier extension to rear right. Two storeys and attic lit by three slate hung roof dormers. Four-windowed facade with milling area at the left end. Two 2-light casements with glazing bars within plain wide stone architraves to the ground floor. Three similar windows to the first floor of the former house part. Probable former pitching window (now glazed) with a timber lintel to the first floor of the milling area. Single-width C20 glass door with glazing bars and a plain architrave to the house part. French windows with glazing bars and a timber lintel to the left at ground floor level. Small single-light with leaded panes and a stone surround to the left of the latter. Single-windowed extension to right with 3-light wooden casements with glazing bars. Single-storey extension (restored C20) rear right. Axial and gable-end stacks to the main body with cappings and skirtings. Interior; some wooden gearing at ground and first floor levels retained and restored. Former undershot mill wheel no longer in situ. Inscription 'Richard Lane, Carpenter, 1754' recorded in previous list description no longer traceable. History; site of mill in 1086. The Bennett family were millers from 1548-1755. Still in use as a corn mill in 1881. (V.C.H. Vol VI P.lll)
Listing NGR: SP1814420282
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 130945
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Page, W, The Victoria History of the County of Gloucester, (1965), 111
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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