Millstones the Old Mill House
MILLSTONES, 35A, CHURCH HILL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1304873
- Date first listed:
- 26-Jun-1952
- List Entry Name:
- Millstones the Old Mill House
- Statutory Address:
- MILLSTONES, 35A, CHURCH HILL
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- Date:
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- Reference:
- IOE01/08093/33
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1304873
- Date first listed:
- 26-Jun-1952
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 21-Mar-1983
- List Entry Name:
- Millstones the Old Mill House
- Statutory Address 1:
- MILLSTONES, 35A, CHURCH HILL
- Statutory Address 2:
- THE OLD MILL HOUSE, 35, CHURCH HILL
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:
- MILLSTONES, 35A, CHURCH HILL
- Statutory Address:
- THE OLD MILL HOUSE, 35, CHURCH HILL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Dorset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Swanage
- National Grid Reference:
- SZ 02661 78803
Details
CHURCH HILL 1. 5190 Nos 35 (The Old Mill House) and 35a (Millstones) (formerly listed as The Old Mill) SZ 0278 NE 5/42 26.6.52 II GV
2. Datestone - "Ben Barlow Mill Wright of Southampton fecit 1754". The building itself may be of earlier origin. Now 2 houses, "Millstones" comprising the ground and first floor of the original machinery area. Purbeck Stone walls and roof. Two storeys and attics. Some casement windows, some horizontally sliding sashes. One dormer in attic with hipped roof. Internally, the main ground and first floor rooms in The Old Mill House have exposed beams and joists. At the north end of the building is a blocked window, possibly of medieval origin. In the attic over Millstones the grain hoppers and part of the sack hoist remain. To the east of Millstones was the mill race and traces of the wheel remain. This was replaced by a water turbine in the early C20 and parts of this survive. Stone out buildings in the garden include an open lean-to on stone piers - possibly a cattle shelter, and a solid stone building - formerly a donkey house. RCHM Monument 21.
Listing NGR: SZ0266178803
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 108168
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Inventory of Dorset, (1970)
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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