Listed Building record MDO15990 - Romford Mill, Edmondsham

An early 19th century mill. The building has brick walls and a slate roof. In 1975 the mill was reported as retaining much of the mill machinery, including the remains of a breast-shot waterwheel. The mill is attached to the mill house (see MDO15991).

(SU 07550950) Romford Mill (NAT). <1>

Romford Mill, a late-18th century house and corn mill, of two-storeys with brick walls and slate covered roofs. The mill retains a wooden water-wheel and some original machinery. <2>

[Note: MDO15991 relates to the House part of Romford Mill whilst MDO15990 relates to the Mill part.]

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1970 (Map). SWX1540.

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East), 17 (Monograph). SDO129.

‘(12) Romford Mill (07550950), house and corn mill, of two storeys with brick walls and slate-covered roofs, is of late 18th-century origin. The house, with a class-S plan, has an open fireplace with a cambered and chamfered bressummer and an oven. The mill retains a wooden water-wheel and some original machinery.’

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 212967 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jan 30 2023 5:03PM