The Howk Bobbin Mill

Heritage listing

Details PRINCIPAL ELEMENTS: an L-shaped, two-storey mill house with associated buildings and features including a coppice barn, a drying kiln, a privy, offices/stable, retaining walls, tracks and part of the water management system. The remains survive as a roofed and unroofed buildings, stone foundations, earthworks and buried deposits. DESCRIPTION: the remains of the mid-C19 bobbin mill are situated in a deep limestone gorge on the western side of Caldbeck Village, and occupy relatively level ground between the Cald Beck and the foot of the crag to the north. Part of the water management system that powered the mill is included in the north-west part of the site. It includes a short section of the buried leat, a narrow stone wall with a length of 15 inch diameter pipe projecting at the base, and a rock-cut ledge on the north side of the ravine that formerly carried a timber launder fed by the pipe, that carried water to the tower situated at the north-west corner of the mill house. MILL HOUSE AND ASSOCIATED FEATURES: the mill house is situated on the east side of the site, parallel to the beck. It is visible as a large, L-shaped, unroofed two-storey building, orientated east to west, and measuring 17.5m by 13m, with walls and gables standing to roof height. Access to the first floor is via a small external staircase located in the east wall. The main entrance is via two arched doors within the centre of the east gable that are made of neatly faced red sandstone quoins and key stones. A date stone above the entrance records the date of construction in 1857. The south wall is more substantial than the others, and contains five identical window openings on each floor. The northern block of the mill has a first-floor entrance accessed via stone steps, and it retains part

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.