Monument record 0288303000 - CLAPTON MILLS

Summary

Late nineteenth and twentieth century tarpaulin mill

Protected Status/Designation

  • Conservation Area: Clapton Mill Conservation Area

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Type and Period (2)

  • TEXTILE MILL (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
  • WATERMILL (19th Century to Modern - 1800 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

'CLAPTON MILLS (TARPAULIN)' AT NGR (B6).
MAIN MILL BUILDING IS 35FT 6IN X 41FT 3IN. 3 LEVELS. 2 WHEELPITS ADJACENT (1 IS 11FT 9IN WIDE, OTHER 2FT). PROBABLE DRYING HOUSE EXTANT. SOME MACHINERY & FITTINGS INTACT (FURTHER DESCRIPTION) (B5,B7).
MILL LAST USED FOR HALF STUFF BY T B FORD (B8).
Detailed historical notes and 1930s condition. Standing empty in 2006 (B12).
Conservation Area designated in 1992 (B13).

Sources (6)

  • <5>SBC8498 Bibliographic reference: MENSINGER J MARCH 1975 THE INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY OF CLAPTON MILL (COPY IN HIGH WYCOMBE LIBRARY).SEE.
  • <6>SBC10145 Map: OS 1875/1883 1:10560 MAP,1ST EDITION.
  • <7>SBC5462 Unpublished document: Stanley Freese. 1946. WINDMILLS & WATERMILLS OF BUCKS (MANUSCRIPT NOTES).
  • <8>SBC14548 Article in serial: SHORTER A H OCT 1960 PAPER MILLS IN THE WYE VALLEY IN PAPERMAKER&BRITISHPAPERTRADEJOURNALP54"".
  • <12>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. pp157-158.
  • <13>SBC23242 Bibliographic reference: Wycombe District Council. 1995. Clapton Mill Conservation Area Character Survey.

Location

Grid reference SU 91000 89970 (point)
Civil Parish WOOBURN, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Nov 26 2023 2:59PM

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