The Old Mill (EHER 986)

A post mill used in the processing of cereals. The mill was built in the late 18th century and continued to work until 1909. By 1936, the mill had disappeared leaving only the roundhouse and trestle. This has now been converted into a house. Built of plastered brick.

Original HER entry merged with two NRHE data imports. Site of wind mill. <1> On C and A map 1777. <2> Only the red brick round house and the merest shell of the body remain from this post mill. The Old Mill is a rounded private residence possibly incorporating lower courses of the round- house of a round mill. <3> <4> <5> Former roundhouse and trestle of post mill. Late 18th and 20th centuries. Brick roundhouse, of two very tall storeys. Within substantial timber trestle frame of a large post mill. One beam is inscribed with initials CF and date 1799. Isaac Mead, author of `The Essex lad' (1923) was an apprentice here and also inscribed his name in the main post. <6> Websters Mill, substructure stands enclosed in a residence named the Old Mill west of the lane leading south from the village. <7> A post mill used in the processing of cereals. The mill was built in the late 18th century and continued to work until 1909. By 1936, the mill had disappeared leaving only the roundhouse and trestle. This has now been converted into a house. Built of plastered brick. <8> Additional references <9> <10>