Mill House and attached railings enclosing front garden (EHER 38961)

A 17th century mill house with an 18th/19th century front range, now a hotel. The rear range is timber framed and the front range is built in red brick with rough render. The roofs are covered in red tile; the front range has a grey slate roof. It must have become a private residence at some time after 1924 and before the 1960s was one of the larger private houses in the village. In the 1960s it became an old people's home before being sold in the 1990s and subsequently converted to a hotel.

November 1985. Grade II listed. A 17th century mill house with an 18th/19th century front range, now a home for elderly persons. The rear range is timber framed and the front range is built in red brick with rough render. The roofs are covered in red tile; the front range has a grey slate roof. There is a left red brick chimney stack with yellow panelled chimney pots. The building is three storeys and there is a single storey extension to the left with red tile roof. The boundary has bowed railings with double and single gates, comprising quarter and full height rails with ornate arrow heads. <1> See photos <2>. 1998-1999. Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation Survey. The house is east of the mill (EHER 40154). It is three storeys, has timber framed rear range, red tiled hipped roof, and front range with arched front door, sash windows, hipped slate roof, dentilled eaves. It is now a residence for the elderly. 17th and 18th century. <3> <4> The mill house is situated next to Langford Mill. It is a large, two storey house built in the 17th century, therefore it must have served an earlier mill which was replaced by Westcombe’s building. It must have become a private residence at some time after 1924 and before the 1960s was one of the larger private houses in the village. In the 1960s it became an old people's home before being sold in the 1990s. It was used as accommodation for asylum seekers in the late 1990s before being turned again into a hotel. <5>