Building record 0287001000 - LITTLE MISSENDEN WATERMILL

Summary

Seventeenth century timber-framed Little Missenden watermill

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1332474: MILL HOUSE (DBC6960)

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Type and Period (2)

  • WATERMILL (17th Century - 1600 AD to 1699 AD)
  • (Alternate Type) TIMBER FRAMED BUILDING (17th Century - 1600 AD to 1699 AD)

Description

Grade II. C17 mill house with gable to road and mill buildings at right angles forming letter L-plan. Timber framing with brick infill exposed at rear and in left hand gable of mill range. Mill range 4 bays with casements, loft openings and doors. One dormer. Old tile roofs. Tall large square brick chimney at rear, C19. RCHM I 235 Monument 9 (B10).
Mill building still survives, as a private house (B9).
Detailed historical notes, 1930s condition and photographs. Used as a dairy in 2006 (B11).

Sources (4)

  • <5>SBC20466 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1912. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire. Volume 1. p235.
  • <9>SBC5304 Verbal communication: FIELD VISIT,A.R.PIKE,MAY 1983.
  • <10>SBC20013 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1982. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Buckinghamshire: Chiltern District: Parishes of Chalfont St Giles &C. p39.
  • <11>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. pp196-198.

Location

Grid reference SU 92776 98904 (point)
Civil Parish LITTLE MISSENDEN, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC1358)

Record last edited

Oct 13 2024 3:10PM

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