Building record MDO45652 - Corn mill, Mill Lane, Charminster

A corn mill thought to have been built in the early seventeenth century. The building was later converted to a house and has many later alterations.

Mill (SY 68039297), now converted into a house, was built probably early 17th century of banded flint and ashlar, but the walls now present a chequer-work of subsequent patching and rebuilding in clunch and brick. <2>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1903 (Map). SWX1540.

(SY 68039297) Corn Mill (NAT)

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 1, 70 (Monograph). SDO148.

'The following monuments, unless otherwise described, are two-storied, with walls of banded rubble and flint, of rough ashlar and flint, or occasionally of plain rubble. Roofs are generally thatched but in some instances modern materials have been substituted. … (9) Mill (68039297), now converted into a house, was built probably early in the 17th century, of banded flint and ashlar, but the walls now present a chequer-work of subsequent patching and rebuilding in clunch and brick. Two original casement windows in wood frames survive. Inside, the ceiling of the N. room is divided into four panels by deeply chamfered intersecting beams.'

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 453495 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Aug 22 2024 4:48PM