Workshop, Former Soll to Wansford Paper Mill Circa 26 Metres West of Stibbington House
WORKSHOP, FORMER SOLL TO WANSFORD PAPER MILL CIRCA 26 METRES WEST OF STIBBINGTON HOUSE, ELTON ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1274688
- Date first listed:
- 16-Nov-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Workshop, Former Soll to Wansford Paper Mill Circa 26 Metres West of Stibbington House
- Statutory Address:
- WORKSHOP, FORMER SOLL TO WANSFORD PAPER MILL CIRCA 26 METRES WEST OF STIBBINGTON HOUSE, ELTON ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1274688
- Date first listed:
- 16-Nov-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Workshop, Former Soll to Wansford Paper Mill Circa 26 Metres West of Stibbington House
- Statutory Address 1:
- WORKSHOP, FORMER SOLL TO WANSFORD PAPER MILL CIRCA 26 METRES WEST OF STIBBINGTON HOUSE, ELTON ROAD
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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:
- WORKSHOP, FORMER SOLL TO WANSFORD PAPER MILL CIRCA 26 METRES WEST OF STIBBINGTON HOUSE, ELTON ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Cambridgeshire
- District:
- Huntingdonshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Sibson-cum-Stibbington
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 07524 98602
Details
SIBSON-CUM-STIBBINGTON WANSFORD TL 0698 ELTON ROAD (West Side) 10/136 Workshop, former soll to Wansford Paper Mill c.26 metres west of Stibbington House GV II Workshop, formerly the soll (rag sorting house) of the paper mill. Possibly early C19, with late C19 and C20 alterations. Coursed limestone rubble with freestone dressings. Low pitched hipped Collyweston stone slated roof. Two storeys, entrance facing south with glazed door to right hand and casement window to left hand, two large first floor windows with small panes and segmental brick arches. The soll may have survived the fire in the mill of 1805; it is illustrated in a bill head c.1830 with a double hipped roof, an explosion closed the mill in 1855 and the mill buildings were demolished in 1867. Newspaper was manufactured from bleached rags at the mill for the London Times and Stamford Mercury.
Mill Records. Delapre Abbey Northampton R.0. Gilbert, J.L. Stibbington Church and Parish. 1978 Gilbert, J.L. Wansford Paper Mills
Listing NGR: TL0752498602
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 414525
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Gilbert, J L, Stibbington Church and Parish, (1978)
Gilbert, J L, Wansford Paper Mills, ()
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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