Building record 1478500000 - The Mill, Quainton Road

Summary

Late nineteenth century steam mill, now used as offices.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Conservation Area: Waddesdon Conservation Area

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Type and Period (4)

  • MILL (Built 1893, 19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
  • OFFICE (21st Century - 2000 AD to 2099 AD)
  • STEAM MILL (19th Century to Modern - 1800 AD to 1999 AD)
  • CORN MILL (19th Century to Modern - 1893 AD to 1960 AD?)

Description

Former mill now used as offices. Two and a half storey buff and red brick buildings with steeply pitched gabled roof, orientated so that gable faces onto carriageway. Lower extensions to either side. Central door to ground and first floor flanked by casement windows. Two light casement contained within apex of gable. Remains of painted advertisement, partially illegible above second floor windows. This building has been identified as being significant because of its scale , distinctive form, visual contribution, utilitarian character and historical interest. This building was awarded a design award by Aylesbury Vale District Council in 2010. A Local Building of Note within the Conservation Area (B1).
Advertisement reads 'J Taylor & Sons/Corn & Cake Merchants'.
In 1893 a new mill was built at the lower end of Quainton Road, the machinery transferred and the old mill on Back Street [CASS 07704] was demolished. The new mill used water from a well 40-feet deep to run the steam engine. The Taylor family continued to operate the mill at Waddesdon until the 1960s (B2).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC23758 Bibliographic reference: Aylesbury Vale District Council. 2014. Waddesdon Conservation Area Review.
  • <2>SBC24565 Bibliographic reference: Norman Carr & Ivor Gurney. 1996. Waddesdon's Golden Years 1874-1925. p12 (caption to plate 16), p93 (caption to plate 154).

Location

Grid reference SP 74445 17250 (point)
Civil Parish WADDESDON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Jun 23 2021 7:32PM

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