Survey Data
Reg No
13823061
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Previous Name
Greenvale Mill
Original Use
Mill manager's house
In Use As
House
Date
1830 - 1870
Coordinates
296865, 290839
Date Recorded
05/07/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay two-storey former mill house, built c. 1850. Two-storey return to rear (east), single-storey flat-roofed extension to south-west corner. Hipped slate roof, clay ridge and hip tiles, unpainted smooth rendered flat-capped chimneystacks, moulded cast-iron gutters on red brick corbel course, cast-iron downpipes. Random uncoursed rubble walling, squared rubble quoins; unpainted roughcast rendered walling to return. Square-headed window openings, red brick block-and-start surrounds, flat brick arches, stone sills, aluminium casement windows. Segmental-headed door opening to main entrance, partially infilled, red brick block-and-start surround reveals, triple row brick arch, plain-glazed overlight, painted timber double doors each with single bottom panel and glazed top panel, flanked by engaged painted timber pilasters set on limestone plinths; square-headed door opening to south elevation, red brick dressings, painted timber glazed double doors. Set in grounds; approached by driveway from west; four-bay three-storey former grain store c. 1820 to north-east, now in use as office, pitched slate roof, random rubble walling, red brick quoins, red brick eaves corbel course, square-headed window openings with red brick dressings, timber casement windows, masonry sills. Single-storey extensions to north and south of grain store; mill race (no longer in use), weir and River Dee to south.
Appraisal
This carefully restored mill house and ancillary buildings have a long history, located on the site of what was originally a medieval mill. In the last century much of the original complex was destroyed, however, in its present state, some nineteenth-century features survive including red brick detailing and rubble stone walling. Also of note is the entrance with handsome pilasters adding a touch of grace to an otherwise robust and functional grouping.