Monument record MDO5320 - Milling house at West Farm, Winterborne Whitechurch

A milling house built in the 18th century, and probably used for making cider. The building has a conical thatched roof supported by brick piers.

To the north of West Farmhouse is an 18th century circular milling-house (shown but not described at SY 83909971 on OS 6" 1968) for a rotary horse-drawn mill - probably a cider press. The conical roof is thatched and the wall-piers are of English-bonded brickwork. <1>

"SY 839996. Milling House, West Farm. Scheduled". <2>

This old milling-house is as described. (See ground photograph) <3>

Wheel House, 20m North of West Farmhouse, Rook Lane. <4>

<1> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2, 311 (Monograph). SDO136.

‘(4) WEST FARM (83959969) … To the N. of the farmhouse is an 18th-century circular Milling-house for a rotary horse-drawn mill; it was probably a cider press. The conical roof is thatched and the wall-piers are of English-bonded brickwork.’

<2> Department of the Environment, 1978, Department of the Environment (IAM) Ancient Monuments of England (Vol 2) (Monograph). SWX1687.

<3> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F1 JGB 04-JUN-81 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<4> DOE (HHR), 1985, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: North Dorset District (Scheduling record). SDO17732.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 456069 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Mar 23 2023 2:52PM