Listed Building record TQ 95 SW 100 - CHAPEL MILL

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1600 to 1999

Location

Grid reference TQ 9031 5028 (point)
Map sheet TQ95SW
District MAIDSTONE, KENT
Civil Parish LENHAM, MAIDSTONE, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
LENHAM LENHAM HEATH ROAD TQ 95 SW (north side) Lenham Heath 5/191 Chapel Mill 26.4.68. GV II House and Mill, now house. Early C17 with late C18/early C19 extension. Mill C19, converted C20. Timber framed. House red brick on ground floor, largely stretcher bond, first floor tile hung. Mill weatherboarded, both with plain tile roof. House 2 storeys and attic with roof hipped to right. Mill 2 storeys with roof half-hipped to left and eaves lower than those of house. Eaves dormer to centre of mill and single dormer to house. Irregular fenestration of 2 first-floor casements to house, one of 3 lights to left and one of 2 lights to right. Boarded double doors to former mill. Late C20 glazed door under late C20 red brick porch to left end of house. Single-bay separately roofed late C18/early C19 extension to right of house, set well back from front elevation and wrapping round rear of house. 2 storeys,. Red brick ground floor to front, rendered to right side and rear. First floor tile-hung. Plain tile roof, hipped to front and rear, continuing along rear elevation of addition. Interior: exposed timbers.
Listing NGR: TQ9129249663 (1)

A smock used for the milling of cereals. Built circa 1760, the mill was an addition to house which already stood on the site. The mill was built of a brick base with a weatherboarded superstructure. The mill continued to work until 1910, with the superstructure being removed in 1925. Since then , the mill has been converted into a house. (2-3)

Historic England archive material: BF002531 CHAPEL MILL, LENHAM File of material relating to a site or building. This material has not yet been fully catalogued. Copyright, date, and quantity information for this record may be incomplete or inaccurate.


<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

<2> Finch W.C., 1933, Watermills & windmills: A historical survey of their rise, decline and fall as portrayed by those of Kent (Monograph). SKE16113.

<3> A A Bryan, 1998, Windmill gazetteer for England (Monograph). SKE55552.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
  • <2> Monograph: Finch W.C.. 1933. Watermills & windmills: A historical survey of their rise, decline and fall as portrayed by those of Kent.
  • <3> Monograph: A A Bryan. 1998. Windmill gazetteer for England.

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Record last edited

Sep 6 2023 2:17PM