Listed Building record MDO13849 - Piper's Mill, Fontmell Magna

A corn mill of late eighteenth-century date. The building has two storeys, plus attics, and walls of ashlar with a tiled roof. It is thought that this must be the building advertised as 'new-built' in the Salisbury Journal of 9 November 1795. The record for this monument has been enhanced with support from Wessex Water.

Piper's Mill (85771703), a corn mill of two storeys with attics, has ashlar walls and a tiled roof. It is likely to be the building advertised as 'new-built' in the Salisbury Journal of 9 Nov. 1795. The ashlar is of good quality, with a plain plinth and a moulded eaves cornice. The mill-race has segmental-headed openings on the N. and S.; other openings have flat arches. Inside, the water-wheel has gone, but much of the original machinery remains. The mill-pond now dry, has ashlar retaining walls. <2>

Piper's Mill. Grade II. <3>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey map 1:10,560, 1962 (Map). SDO18658.

(ST 85771703) Piper's Mill (NAT)

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1972, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume IV (North), 26 (Monograph). SDO99.

Unless otherwise described the following mills and associated buildings are of the early 19th century. .. (28) Piper's Mill (85771703), a corn mill of two storeys with attics, has ashlar walls and a tiled roof (Plate 46). It is likely to be the building advertised as ' new-built ' in the Salisbury Journal of 9 Nov. 1795. The ashlar is of good quality, with a plain plinth and a moulded eaves cornice. The mill-race has segmental-headed openings on the N. and S. ; other openings have flat arches. Inside, the water-wheel has gone but much of the original machinery remains. The mill-pond, now dry, has ashlar retaining walls.

<3> DOE (HHR), 1985, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: North Dorset District, 25 (Scheduling record). SDO17732.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 205997 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Mar 22 2022 11:34AM