High Mill - Alston - List Entry

  • Description

    "...This water-powered corn mill of later C18 by John Smeaton, extended by 1775 and subsequently raised in height, is listed at Grade II* for the following principal reasons: * Date: as a later C18 corn mill, the building sits firmly in the period when there is a presumption in favour of listing; * Historic interest: it is considered to be the only extant water-mill designed by the eminent C18 engineer John Smeaton; * Intactness: although extended, Smeaton's original corn mill retains its integrity and is readable; the extended building retains its C18 footprint and interventions are relatively minor in nature or do not detract from its overall interest; * Architecture and process: it is a good example of a relatively small scale later-C18 water-driven corn mill constructed to supply a local market, whose form visibly illustrates its former industrial function; * Machinery: the almost complete 1817 cast-iron and timber water wheel of genuine pitchback design with associated features is a fine example of extreme interest..."
  • Owner

    Historic England
  • Source

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  • Further information

    Link: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1419977
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    Added by: Simon Cotterill
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