Building record 0253500000 - TWYFORD MILL

Summary

Eighteenth century watermill and attached mill house, probably on site of a medieval mill mentioned from about 1200.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1215012: TWYFORD MILL

Map

Type and Period (4)

  • (Former Type) WATERMILL (13th Century to Post-Medieval - 1200 AD to 1798 AD)
  • WATERMILL (18th Century to 19th Century - 1700 AD to 1899 AD)
  • (Former Type) CORN MILL (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
  • MILL HOUSE (18th Century to 19th Century - 1700 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

Dimensions - Length 0026 m Width 0017
Grade II. House, former water mill and house. C18, altered and partly rebuilt C19 and later. Rubble stone to left-hand bay, patched with brick to rear and right gable. Gable indicates original roof-line. Front rebuilt in brick with toothed eaves C19. Old tile roof, half-hipped to right. 2 storeys and attic, 4 bays. Left-hand bay has C19 wooden casements, with timber lintels, 3-light to ground floor, paired to first floor. Second bay has C19 2-storey brick projection with C20 canted bay window to ground floor and 3-light casement with cambered head above. Right-hand bays have skylights and C20 openings with gabled 2-storey canted bay window to right and older 4-pane sash above door to left. Rear has brick extensions, C20 casements and cambered brick arch over mill race (B7).
1788, 1814, 1825 MAPS: 'TWYFORD MILL' (WATERMILL) APPROX AT NGR (B1-3).
OS MAP 'TWYFORD MILL (CORN)' AT NGR (B4).
SETTLED ON NICHOLAS DE TWYFORD, 1321. NICHOLAS MILL HELD BY DAYRELLS IN C15-C16 (B5).
CEASED WORKING C.1903 (B6).
C18 BUILDING, STONE & BRICK. MILL RACE. NO MACHINERY LEFT (B8).
REF TO A MILL C.1200 (B9).
Detailed historical notes and 1930s condition. Mill occasionally used in 2006 (B10)

Sources (10)

  • <1>SBC6714 Map: Thomas Jefferys. 1770. [Map of] The County of Buckingham. Printed map. Linen. 1 inch:1 mile.
  • <2>SBC10096 Map: OS 1814 2-INCH DRAFT MAP.
  • <3>SBC1967 Map: Andrew Bryant. 1825. Map of the County of Buckinghamshire. Printed map. Linen. 1.5 inches:1 mile.
  • <4>SBC10215 Map: OS 1878/1885 1:10560 MAP,1ST EDITION.
  • <5>SBC15900 Bibliographic reference: VCH BUCKS 4 P255.
  • <6>SBC7014 Bibliographic reference: Kelly's Directories Ltd. KELLY'S DIRECTORY OF BUCKS 1883-1903.
  • <7>SBC3775 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1984. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST.
  • <8>SBC11998 Verbal communication: Andrew Pike (BCM). 1983. PERS COMM FOLLOWING FIELD VISIT, AUG 1983.
  • <9>SBC6767 Bibliographic reference: JENKINS J G (ED) 1962 CARTULARY OF MISSENDEN ABBEY PART III IN BUCKSRECORDSOCIETY12PP70-71,75-76,CHA.
  • <10>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. p.45.

Location

Grid reference SP 65627 27043 (point)
Civil Parish TWYFORD, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC13589)

Record last edited

May 17 2023 1:52PM

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