Listed Building record MDO17808 - The Water Barn, East Burton Road, Wool
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Summary
A water mill thought possibly to have been built in the seventeenth century but largely rebuilt in the nineteenth century. The mill was last worked in 1956 and converted to use as a dwelling. A water wheel remains at one end of the building, which has walls partly of brick and partly of flint, and a tiled roof with brick chimney stacks.
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<1> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1961, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1960, 126 (Serial). SDO60.
‘(9) Water Barn, Wool. Water wheel used for power for modern machinery.’
<2> English Heritage, 2006, Listed buildings data disk (Digital archive). SDO12545.
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Location
| Grid reference | SY 83172 87256 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SY88NW |
| Civil Parish | Wool; Dorset |
| Unitary Authority | Dorset |
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Record last edited
Nov 23 2020 2:06PM
