Building record 0402000000 - NETHER MILL

Summary

Eighteenth or nineteenth century watermill, converted to house in early twentieth century, probably on site of medieval mill

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  • Listed Building (II) 1281356: OLD MILL HOUSE

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Type and Period (3)

  • WATERMILL (18th Century to Modern - 1700 AD to 1999 AD)
  • HOUSE (Altered 1929-1931, Modern - 1931 AD to 1999 AD)
  • WATERMILL (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD)

Description

DOMESDAY - 2 MILLS IN WENDOVER (B1).
1788 & 1825 WATERMILL APPROX AT NGR (B2).
POSSE COMITATUS - 1 WATERMILL AT WENDOVER (B3).
NETHER MILL = 'OVERSHOT' (B5).
FINE WHITE WEATHERBOARDED MILL WITH TILE MANSARD ROOF. WHEEL MISSING. HOUSE CONVERSION. MUCH ALTERED (B7).
UNDERSHOT WHEEL HARDLY VISIBLE. HOUSE FROM 1931 (B8).
Detailed historical notes, 1930s condition and photograph. Being used as a house in 2006 (B12).
Grade II. House, formerly a watermill, converted 1929-31. (last worked 1923). White painted weatherboarding, old tiled gambrel roof, with small dormer on N. side. 2-storeys and attic. C20 leaded casements (B11).

Sources (12)

  • <1>SBC4271 Bibliographic reference: John Morris (ed). 1978. Domesday Book: Buckinghamshire.
  • <2>SBC6726 Map: JEFFERYS T 1788 MAP OF BUCKS/BRYANT A 1825 MAP OF BUCKS.
  • <3>SBC12417 Bibliographic reference: POSSE COMITATUS 1798 (MS AT BRO;REF L/P/15 &16).
  • <4>SBC14153 Bibliographic reference: SHEAHAN P208.
  • <5>SBC16505 Bibliographic reference: WEST L H 1909 HISTORY OF WENDOVER PP20-21.
  • <6>SBC15517 Bibliographic reference: VCH BUCKS 3 P28.
  • <7>SBC6615 Bibliographic reference: INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY RECORD CARD 23 83 17.
  • <8>SBC14724 Bibliographic reference: SNOW R (ED)1972 NEW HISTORY OF WENDOVER P117-119.
  • <9>SBC12255 Verbal communication: Andrew Pike (BCM). 1977. PIKE A R, JUNE 1977, PERS COMM FOLLOWING FIELD VISIT.
  • <10>SBC5198 Bibliographic reference: FARNELL M 1982 ACCOUNT BOOKS OF WM COOPER,MILLWRIG HT OF AYLESBURY IN RECSOFBUCKS24PP118-124"".
  • <11>SBC19351 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1985. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. p.89.
  • <12>SBC23045 Bibliographic reference: Michael Farley, Edward Legg and James Venn (eds). 2007. The Watermills of Buckinghamshire: A 1930s account by Stanley Freese with original photographs. pp.107-108.

Location

Grid reference SP 87010 07823 (point)
Civil Parish WENDOVER, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Survey: (EBC13450)

Record last edited

Nov 27 2023 7:49PM

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