Building record 0288001000 - MARSH GREEN MILL

Summary

Eighteenth century watermill, ceased working in 1950s and now a house.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1125107: MARSH GREEN MILL (DBC4917)

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Type and Period (2)

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

Description

Grade II. C18, a working water mill until the 1950s. Whitewashed brick, old tiled roof. 2 storeys and basement. Long rectangular plan with flush modern casements; doors formerly with hoists. Hood to main entrance doorway (B6).
No sign of wheel, mill race or leat. In garden only remaining evidence is an old beam used as a garden seat & mill stone ornament (B3).
Detailed historical notes and 1930s condition. Condition in 2006 (B7).

Sources (3)

  • <3>SBC2621 Bibliographic reference: CAUVAIN P 1976/77 WYE VALLEY WATERMILLS (OXFORD EX TRA-MURAL CERT.COURSE IN ARCHAEOLOGY DISSERTATION.
  • <6>SBC3604 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1973. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE: WYCOMBE DISTRICT: BOROUGH OF HIGH WYCOMBE. p69.
  • <7>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.165.

Location

Grid reference SU 87896 92129 (point)
Civil Parish HIGH WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC1421)

Record last edited

Aug 3 2023 8:43PM

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