Building record 0286601000 - SAWMILL HOUSE

Summary

Eighteenth century watermill, used as a cornmill in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and as a sawmill in the nineteenth to twentieth centuries, now a house.

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  • Listed Building (II*) 10/9 ()

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Type and Period (2)

  • (Former Type) SAW MILL (19th Century to Modern - 1800 AD? to 1920 AD?)
  • (Former Type) CORN MILL (18th Century to 19th Century - 1770 AD? to 1899 AD?)

Description

OS MARKS 'SAWMILL' APPROX AT NGR (B3). 1849 'SAWMILL & PREMISES' SHOWN APPROX AT NGR (B4). OS MARKS 'SAWMILL' AT NGR (THEN IN WEST WYCOMBE PARISH)(B5). WEST WYCOMBE ESTATE MILL - CORN & LATER SAWMILL (B7). Mill erected during 1770s. Internal evidence suggests first used as a corn mill, before conversion to sawmill in 19th century. Converted into a residence in 1920s (B11).

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  • <3>SBC10088 Map: OS 1812 2 INCH DRAFT MAP.
  • <4>SBC16512 Map: WEST WYCOMBE TITHE MAP 1849 (PRO KEW, IR/29/3/130) TRACING AT BCM.
  • <5>SBC10129 Map: OS 1874/85 1:10560 1ST EDITION MAP.
  • <7>SBC2614 Bibliographic reference: CAUVAIN P 1976/77 WYE VALLEY WATER MILLS (OXFORD E XTRA MURAL CERT COURSE IN ARCHAEOLOGY DISSERTATIO.
  • <11>SBC19209 Bibliographic reference: National Trust. 1999. Annual Archeological Review No. 7 1998-99. p47.

Location

Grid reference SU 83730 94150 (point)
Civil Parish HIGH WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC1421)

Record last edited

Jan 9 1989 12:00AM

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