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List entry Summary

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

Name: BAYLHAM WATERMILL AND MILL HOUSE

List entry Number: 1033260

Location

BAYLHAM WATERMILL AND MILL HOUSE, MILL LANE

The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County	District	District Type	Parish
Suffolk	Mid Suffolk	District Authority	Baylham

National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.

Grade: II*

Date first listed: 09-Dec-1955

Date of most recent amendment: 24-Jan-1986

Legacy System Information

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Legacy System: LBS

UID: 279238

Asset Groupings

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List entry Description

Summary of Building

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Reasons for Designation

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History

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Details

BAYLHAM MILL LANE TM 15 SW 3/45 Baylham Watermill and Mill House (formerly listed as 9.12.55 Baylham Mill) - II* Watermill and Mill House. The house is in 2 sections; early C16 or earlier, and mid C19. A central 2-bay late-mediaeval block of 2 bays, and 2 storeys. Timber-framed and plastered. Plaintiled roof. C18 casement with transome, and hinged and boarded shutters; above is another with leaded glazing but without shutters. Plank entrance door, perhaps of C16; the segmental arch above and the flanking carved oak heads are both C16 work, but have been introduced from elsewhere. 2 storey C19 range to left is of gault brick with hippea slated roof. 4-panelled entrance door. Small-pane sashes.

The mill is of early or mid C19; 3 storeys, with storage bins in the 4th attic storey. The ground storey is of red brick now painted. Timber-framed upper storeys, weatherboarded: Plaintiled roofs. Small-paned sash and hopper windows. Boarded doors. A 2-storey gabled weatherboarded hoist is cantilevered on diagonal braces. At centre rear is a short full-height wing. The main machinery is as follows:- Cast iron breast-shoe waterwheel on iron shaft, driving a wooden lineshaft via an all-iron pitwheel and pinion. 3 pairs of millstones on a hurst frame, driven via 3 wooden compass-arm gearwheels mounted on the lineshaft (2 now incomplete). 2 further pairs of stones could be driven by water or by the auxiliary oil engine (by E.R. & F. Turner of Ipswich). All 5 pairs of scones are complete with their furniture. Much ancillary machinery. The only complete watermill on the River Gipping.

Listing NGR: TM1124252709

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National Grid Reference: TM 11242 52709

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