Building record 0286801000 - BASSETSBURY MILL

Summary

Late eighteenth century watermill, now subdivided and in use as three houses.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1125208: BASSETSBURY MILL SUBDIVIDED INTO WEIR HOUSE MILL WHEEL HOUSE AND EYOT HOUSE

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Type and Period (2)

  • WATERMILL (18th Century - 1700 AD to 1799 AD)
  • HOUSE (Altered 1970s, 20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

Red brick, late Georgian, with wheel restored (B5).
Now residential house. Mill & mill house joined together. Weir & sluice gate intact at rear. Under-shot wheel (B7).
Grade II. Late C18. Red brick, old tile roof with 3 modern box casement dormers. 2 storeys and attics, modern casements, replacing former sash windows, with glazing bars. Lower l window colourwashed cement rendered wing on left. Back elevation has large undershot mill wheel, no longer in working order. Chequers, Bassetsbury Mill, Manor, Stables and barn form a group (B6).

Sources (3)

  • <5>SBC11706 Bibliographic reference: Nikolaus Pevsner. 1960. The Buildings of England: Buckinghamshire. p167.
  • <6>SBC3604 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1973. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE: WYCOMBE DISTRICT: BOROUGH OF HIGH WYCOMBE. p6.
  • <7>SBC2618 Unpublished document: Pauline Cauvain. 1976/1977. WYE VALLEY WATER MILLS (OXFORD EXTRA-MURAL COURSE IN ARCHAEOLOGY: DISSERTATION TYPESCRIPT).

Location

Grid reference SU 87710 92400 (point)
Civil Parish HIGH WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC13570)
  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC1421)

Record last edited

Oct 27 2024 8:37PM

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