Charlecote Mill

Heritage listing

Details Water mill, for corn and later animal feed, then restored as a corn mill. Mid- to late C18 with some C19 alterations. MATERIALS: brick laid to Flemish stretcher bond; gabled plain clay tile roof. PLAN: the mill stands on an island in the mill race, the water passing both sides to feed a wheel at either end. The building has a T-plan, the main range orientated roughly east-west, the main elevation to the south, with two undershot wheels and associated machinery flanking the broad, central working area. EXTERIOR: the building is of two storeys and attic; the main elevation is a symmetrical 5-window range, with a top cogged cornice. The central entrance door and loading door above are set in a segmental-headed openings, with a heavy, pegged frame to the paired and studded plank doors. The ground floor has segmental-headed windows with two-light small-paned glazing; there are four similar first-floor windows, two with opening casements. A weatherboarded, gabled lucombe with a two-light, small-paned casement window extends over the entrance bay. The left (western) return has a round-arched doorway set centrally, with paired plank doors to the wheel chamber. Above is blind except for a three-light casement window high in the gable. The rear has had its eaves raised in the later C19, probably to accommodate extra grain. The projecting central wing has a segmental-headed window with three-light frame and a small-paned opening casement to each of the ground floor, first floor and attic. To either side is a pegged doorway in a segmental opening, with a studded plank door; the outer end of each bay houses the wheel chamber, denoted by a wide segmental-headed opening, with each having a timber lintel and paired plank doors. Above is a small paned opening casement to the fir

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.