Remains of 19th century building at 55 Robinsbridge Road (EHER 80077)

The remains of a building destroyed by fire in 1994 and left in ruins were surveyed in 2011. The building was originally The Old Mill, built after 1841, noted as a brewery on the 1876 Ordnance Survey, used as a teasel drying factory between 1900 and 1914 and made into a private residence in 1950.

Historic Building Survey. 2011 to 2015 The Old Mill was built in the 19th century after 1841, the 1876 OS map shows a very large building annotated as a Brewery which by 1921 has contracted in size and changed plan. There were also two small outbuildings of the northern one (which could not be found) is said to have retained a water wheel. The mill also had a steam engine according to a published local history. It was used from 1900 t0 1913 to process teasels. The building was converted into a house in 1950 by a Mr Taylor and the mill stream filled in. A MC20th pan-tiled lean-to was added as part of the 1950’s rebuild replacing an earlier square addition which was likely the engine house. The house was burnt down in 1994. <1>