Late 19th century steam roller mill, 'Rayleigh Mill', Fullbridge (EHER 15063)

A former steam roller mill, 'Rayleigh Mill', which is now operated by Green Brothers (Maldon) Flour Mills Ltd. It was built by Samuel Garret in 1896 and has since been altered to accommodate for modern buildings, processes and technologies. The mill is built from brick and the roof is covered in slate. A former weatherboarded granary is thought to survive encased within the tall corrugated iron covering range fronting onto the riverside.

1971. Field survey. Former steam roller mill called Rayleigh Mill, Fullbridge. Green brothers (Maldon) Ltd. flour millers. <1> 2008. Water and Steam Mills in Essex field survey. Former steam roller mill called Rayleigh Mill, Fullbridge, which is now operated by Green Brothers (Maldon) Flour Mills Ltd. Rayleigh Mill was built by Samuel Garret in 1896 to take advantage of the influx of cheaper grain imported from North America. It originally formed part of a group of ‘modern’ roller mills built along the river below Fullbridge which benefitted from superb communication links, lying adjacent to Maldon East Railway sidings and for many their own docks opening onto the navigable stretch of the River Chelmer. Currently the site operates as a modern flour mill and accordingly has been altered to accommodate modern buildings, processes and technologies. A former weatherboarded granary is thought to survive encased within the tall corrugated iron covering range fronting onto the riverside. It in turn abuts a 19th century yellow stock brick and slate covered gable ended mill range to the west. The brick and slate mill is visibly about four bays in length and four storeys tall with red brick floor bands and tie bar bosses decorating its western long elevation. A taller modern gable ended range projects (north) to the rear of the brick and slate mill while the former four/ four and a half storey granary sits parallel and to the east. The latter incorporates a hoist loft in its southernmost bay and a covered modern (suction) grain loader at riverside used for unloading American and Canadian grain still brought in by barge. The company name GREENS FLOUR MILLS is spelt out in large letters along its eastern long wall. Two similar sized but modern iron clad granaries extend in line to the north while a small 19th century gable ended range sited toward Station Road incorporates a date plaque in its gable reading 1896 and the initials S.G. (Samuel Garrett). Current Use: Flour Mill Condition: Good-Fair <2> Rayleigh Mill was a steam roller mill for processing corn, which originally formed a group with associated buildings and a docking facility on the banks of the river Chelmer to the east of Fullbridge. The weatherboarded granary building, encased in corrugated iron and the yellow stock brick mill building are extant and merit more detailed inspection. <3> NRHE data transfer: Rayleigh (Green's) Mill, Fullbridge. Built 1896. A brick-built roller corn mill built by Samuel Garrett to receive imported wheat by barge, the earliest of three roller mills which are now in line on the north side of tidal River Chelmer. <4>