Listed Building record MDO17782 - Bindon Mill and Mill House, Wool

Bindon Mill stands on the supposed site of the old monastic mill; the diversion of the water to the mill being effected by the construction of Stony Weir. <2>

The present mill was probably constructed in the 18th century and there is no dateable evidence of the former mill. <3>

Bindon Mill, house and water-mill with rubble walls is of Medieval origin and incorporates a pointed archway in the east wall of the house. Cut on a voussoir of this arch is the date 1770 to which date much of the present structure belongs. The water-wheel and later turbine have been removed. <5>

Macdonald, Mr, Oral: Mr MacDonald (estate agent), Lulworth Castle (Verbal communication). SDO20197.

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1930 (Map). SWX1540.

(SY 85408687) Bindon Mill (NAT)

<2> Colquhoun, F D, Field Investigators Comments FDC, F1 FDC 16-SEP-52 (Unpublished document). SWX2609.

<2.1> Macdonald, Mr, Oral: Mr MacDonald (estate agent), Lulworth Castle (Verbal communication). SDO20197.

<3> Colquhoun, F D, Field Investigators Comments FDC, F2 FDC 19-SEP-52 (Unpublished document). SWX2609.

<4> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1961, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1960, 126 (Serial). SDO60.

‘(8) Bindon Mill, Wool. Old fashioned turbine power mill used with modern machinery for grinding and cutting for farm use. Building and other old machinery in evidence but not used.’

<5> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 2, 406 (Monograph). SDO149.

‘(32) Bindon Mill, house and water-mill 60 yds. N. of the Abbey Church, with rubble walls, is of medieval origin and incorporates a pointed archway in the E. wall of the house. Cut on a voussoir of this arch is the date 1770 to which date much of the present structure belongs. The water-wheel and later turbine has been removed.’

<6> Stoyel, Alan, 2006, Bindon Mill and Mill House, Wool, Dorset. Historic Buildings Report. Analysis and Assessment of the Buildings and Mill Machinery (Unpublished document). SDO14778.

<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 455242 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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