Listed Building record MWX197 - Bolling mill, West Mill, West Street, Bridport

Low stone range of one storey plus loft with slate roof to the north of the late-19th century corn mill. The range predates the corn mill and may therefore be associated with the earlier use of the site as a hemp bolling mill.

Low stone range of one storey plus loft with slate roof to the north of the late-19th century corn mill. Probably built in the early to mid-19th century, the building has several phases and has been heavily modified. The range predates the corn mill and may therefore be associated with the earlier use of the site as a hemp balling mill. The section adjoining the corn mill has a wide arched opening facing the headrace to the east of the site, suggesting it was a wheelhouse. (1-4)

A lease of 1864 mentions a bolling mill on this site as well as the grist mill (4).

<1> Ordnance Survey, Various, Ordnance Survey Map, Dorset Sheets, 1890 OS map, Dorset Sheet 38.10 (Map). SWX1299.

<2> Addison, J, and Wailes, R, 1963, Dorset Watermills; Transactions of the Newcomen Society 35 (Article in serial). SWX1484.

<3> DOE (HRR), 1975, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: District of West Dorset 1975 (Scheduling record). SWX1433.

<4> Bone, M R, 1985, 'The Bridport Flax and Hemp Industry' Bristol Industrial Archaeological Society Journal, p26 (Article in serial). SWX1452.

<5> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/063 South West Textile Mills Project, 2K/04724 (Unpublished document). SDO17323.

WEST MILL

<6> Historic England, Historic England Archive, BF111624 (Index). SDO14738.

Bridport Project

<7> Historic England, Historic England Archive (Index). SDO14738.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1305397 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Sep 9 2024 4:45PM