Building record 0176601000 - WEIRHOUSE MILL

Summary

Early eighteenth watermill at Weirhouse Mill with later alterations and extensions, partly demolished in the twentieth century

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Listed Building (II) 1158976: WEIRHOUSE MILL

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Type and Period (1)

WATERMILL (18th Century to Modern - 1700 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

Dimensions - Width 8m, Length 30m.
Plan Form - Rectangular.
1825 map marks 'Weirhouse Mill' approx at NGR (B3).
'Weirhouse Mill (Corn)' marked at NGR (B4).
Flour mill, on Chesham Higham manor (B5).
Grade II. Mainly early C18, restored and enlarged. Painted weatherboarding, some brickwork, tiled roof. 2 storeys, formerly T plan with short wing spanning mill stream, now curtailed to L plan by demolition of wing over stream. Weirhouse Mill and the Mill House form a group (B6-7).
No extant machinery; now offices (B9).
Papermill in C18 (B10).
Ceased working c.1935 (B11).
Detailed historical notes, 1930s condition and photograph. Working in 2006 (B13).
Paper machinery removed and mill reverted to corn milling in 1858 and operated until the 1940s. The charcteristic white louvre boarding of the paper drying sheds is visible even today. Now occupied by hardware wholesalers (B14).

Sources (14)

<1>SBC4271 Bibliographic reference: John Morris (ed). 1978. Domesday Book: Buckinghamshire.
<2>SBC6714 Map: Thomas Jefferys. 1770. [Map of] The County of Buckingham. Printed map. Linen. 1 inch:1 mile.
<3>SBC1967 Map: Andrew Bryant. 1825. Map of the County of Buckinghamshire. Printed map. Linen. 1.5 inches:1 mile.
<4>SBC10116 Map: OS 1873/1883 1:10560 MAP,1ST EDITION.
<5>SBC15696 Bibliographic reference: VCH BUCKS 3 PP204,214.
<6>SBC11049 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SP90 SE24,JAN 1960,FILED.
<7>SBC3584 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1973. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST. p47.
<8>SBC14969 Bibliographic reference: SUNLIFE INSURANCE CO (PER SHORTER A H PAPER MILLS & PAPER MAKERS IN ENGLAND 1495-1800).
<9>SBC12154 Bibliographic reference: PIKE A R MARCH 1984 FIELD VISIT.
<10>SBC1719 Bibliographic reference: Clive Birch. 1974. The Book of Chesham. p67.
<11>SBC6981 Bibliographic reference: Kelly's Directories Ltd. KELLY'S DIRECTORY OF BUCKS (TO 1935).
<12>SBC4708 Article in serial: M Everett. 1993. 'CHESHAM TOWN MUSEUM PROJECT', IN JOURNAL OF THE CHESS VALLEY ARCH & HIST SOCIETY1993 PP23-26.
<13>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. pp191-192.
<14>SBC19475 Bibliographic reference: Hunt J. 1997. Chesham A Pictorial History. ppxiii,xiv,xv-xvi; captions to plates 19-21.

Location

Grid reference	SP 97401 00284 (point)
Civil Parish	CHESHAM, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire