Building record 1465800000 - The Mill House and Wellers Mead - Old Mill Road

Landmark group of buildings at the eastern extremity of the village in a prominent location astride the Misbourne on the corner where Old Mill Road meets Village Road. Formerly Denham cornmill, sometimes called the Town Mill, and thought to be on the site of one of Denham’s two Domesday mills. For many years it was part of the Denham Court estate. Said to have been rebuilt C18 for Daniel Norton of Uxbridge. The last corn miller was William Hamaton. In 1883 it was a steam and water mill. Later used to make size paste. In the 1920s converted and altered by the Rector, Mr Battisford, possibly to the designs of Francis Bacon. Old photos indicate Wellers Mead was a modern addition and the mansard roof of the central section was removed. Picturesque group of two-storey white painted buildings – slate roofs with shaped gable ends. The central section must have a flat roof behind a parapet with curved pediment and dentilled cornice and retains a large warehouse door over the stream with two blind windows. Sash windows with green blinds – also some porthole windows at Wellers Mead. Both have classical doorcases. For history see Stanley Freese’s account. He recorded a panel with the date 1857 on a wall. The openness of the front gardens permits views and enhances visual amenity. Old stock brick stable block remains next to and end-on to Old Mill Road – this has clay pantiles. This are Local Building of Note within the Conservation area Denham. (B1)