Willsbridge Mill
| Willsbridge Mill | |
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Gloucestershire | |
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 Willsbridge Mill | |
| Type: | Watermill |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | ST66447074 |
| Location: | 51°26’5"N, 2°29’3"W |
| Village: | Willsbridge |
| History | |
| Built 1712 | |
| For: | Thomas Pearsall |
| Watermill | |
| Information | |
| Website: | https://willsbridgemill.com/ |
Willsbridge Mill is a historic watermill on the Siston Brook in the south of Gloucestershire, between Willsbridge and Oldland. The mill stands just over half a mile above where the brook enters the River Avon at the county border with Somerset, and at the south-eastern edge of the conurbation spreading out from Bristol.
The mill is a Grade II listed building.[1]
Three storeys. Rubble with hipped pantile roof. Cambered heads to windows, 2 on each side of central hoist doors.
History
The Mill, was built in 1712 by Thomas Pearsall: the Pearsall family lived in the Willsbridge House opposite the access to the Mill. It was built on the site of Oldland Manor and was connected with Thomas Pearsall's Croop-iron works.
By 1837 the mill was used to ground flour and the Mills family, who managed the mill at this time, lived in the Mill Cottage next to the Barn. It continued to grind corn to the present day, though not without interruption. In 1968, floods broke the weir;[1] later restored.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Willsbridge Mill) |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 National Heritage List 1320045: Willsbridge Mill