Building record 0245800000 - TINGEWICK MILL

Summary

18th century watermill, ceased working in 1966 and now in use as a house.

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Listed Building (II) 1289594: TINGEWICK MILL ON RIVER OUSE
SHINE: Site of Tingewick Roman villa, earthworks of medieval to post-medieval ridge and furrow cultivation and complex of Medieval watermill leats at Tingewick Mill

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Type and Period (2)

(Former Type) CORN MILL (18th Century to Modern - 1700 AD to 1966 AD)
WATERMILL (18th Century to Modern - 1700 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

Dimensions - Length 16m, Width 7m.
Map of 1788 shows watermill at approx NGR (B1).
Maps of 1814 & 1831 show 'Tingewick Mill' at NGR (B4).
OS 1880/85 map has 'Tingewick Mill (Corn)' at NGR (B5).
Watermill documented in leases in 1631-1734, 1775 etc (B10), & Posse Comitatus 1798 (B3).
Ceased grinding 1966, & since renovated as a dwelling (B8).
Detailed historical notes, 1930s condition and photograph. In occasional use in 2006 (B13).
Grade II. C18, altered and repaired 1858. Mill with house in range to right. Rubble stone with cambered brick arches to openings and some brick restoration. Tiled roof is hipped to RH side and half-hipped to left. House has 2 storeys; 2 bays with paired modern casements and glazed door to left. Mill has 3 bays with wheel opening in LH bay; RH bay has boarded door to ground floor, glazed double doors with balcony above, and paired casement in dormer. Central bay has irregular casements. Mill wheel and spindle in working order, most other machinery on site (B12).
Buildings report held at NMR (B14).

Sources (15)

<1>SBC4271 Bibliographic reference: John Morris (ed). 1978. Domesday Book: Buckinghamshire.
<2>SBC6744 Map: JEFFREYS T 1788 MAP OF BUCKS.
<3>SBC12394 Bibliographic reference: POSSE COMITATUS 1798 (MS AT BRO, REF L/P/15 & 16).
<4>SBC10099 Map: OS 1814 2-INCH DRAFT MAP / LEWIS S 1831 BUCKINGHAMSHIRE (PLAN OF BUCKINGHAM).
<5>SBC10270 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1880/1885. OS 6-INCH 1ST EDITION MAP. Printed map. 1:10,560.
<6>SBC20463 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1927. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume IV. Volume 4. p250.
<7>SBC4525 Bibliographic reference: ELAND G 1923 IN BUCKS P41.
<8>SBC2725 Article in serial: CBA GROUP 9 NO 11 1970 (ARTICLE BY R O'ROURKE ON T INGEWICK MILL) PP13-14.
<9>SBC15119 Bibliographic reference: TINGEWICK & WATER STRATFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY 197 7 BYGONE TINGEWICK (ARTICLE BY A BONE ON TINGEWIC.
<10>SBC14871 Bibliographic reference: STEER FW 1974 ARCHIVES OF NEW COLLEGE, OXFORD PP21 9-220.
<11>SBC5724 Bibliographic reference: GIRADON S 1982 SURVEY OF THE PARISH OF TINGEWICK P P24-27.
<12>SBC3681 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1983. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. p35.
<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. pp.11-13.
<14>SBC23358 Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2006. NMR Buildings Reports. BF087531.
<15>SBC20460 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1905. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume I. Volume 1. p238.

Location

Grid reference	SP 66316 34044 (point)
Civil Parish	TINGEWICK, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC13583)

Record last edited

Oct 24 2024 4:10PM