Phoenix Steam Mill and Engine House
PHOENIX STEAM MILL AND ENGINE HOUSE, STATION ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1322634
- Date first listed:
- 30-Nov-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Phoenix Steam Mill and Engine House
- Statutory Address:
- PHOENIX STEAM MILL AND ENGINE HOUSE, STATION ROAD
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1322634
- Date first listed:
- 30-Nov-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Phoenix Steam Mill and Engine House
- Statutory Address 1:
- PHOENIX STEAM MILL AND ENGINE HOUSE, STATION 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:
- PHOENIX STEAM MILL AND ENGINE HOUSE, STATION ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Essex
- District:
- Tendring (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Ardleigh
- National Grid Reference:
- TM 05358 29116
Details
ARDLEIGH STATION ROAD
TM 02 NE
6/51 Phoenix Steam Mill and
Engine House
GV II
Steam mill and engine house, now disused. Mid C19. White brick. Corrugated
asbestos clad roof. 4 storeys and attics. Moulded cornices to eaves and return
gables, cornice follows through returns. Moulded band above second storey. 5
window range of cast iron small paned windows with pivots and cast iron lintels,
those to ground floor and above central first and second floor doors with ornate
brackets. Returns of 2 bays with similar windows and single gable windows. Some
windows now boarded-up. Ground floor double doors each of 2 panels, first floor
door of 2 panels, 2 lights. There is an adjustable chute held by a chain to the
first floor door. Rear Engine House, similar materials, moulded cornice and
gable cornice. Round headed window to left return, roof ridge to almost second
storey height, various later attached outbuildings. One of the earliest purpose
built steam mills in Essex. Batsford Guide to Industrial Archaeology, J. Booker
1980.
Listing NGR: TM0535829116
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 120396
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Booker, J, Batsford Guide to Industrial Archaeology, (1979)
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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