Site of 17th century house and 19th century watermill, 'Straits Mill', Convent Lane (EHER 15109)

Now destroyed. The site of an early 19th century weatherboarded mill of three storeys, with slate roof and brick foundation. The two-storey timber framed mill house was 17th century. The buildings rapidly deteriorated between 1968 and 1970 and were destroyed sometime between 1973 and 1990.

Early 19th century weatherboarded mill of three storeys, with slate roof and brick foundation. The mill house is 17th century, two storeys, timber framed and plastered, with two projecting gables on the west front and a tiled roof. The deterioration in the state of both buildings between 1968 and 1973 has been extremely rapid. The mill has some basic iron machinery remaining, but is probably beyond repair. <1> In 1781 it was an overshot mill owned by Robert Strait and by 1802 is referred to as Straits 'fulling and grinding mills attached, timber built and tiled'. New machinery was installed in 1830 including a new wheel driving three pairs of stones. It was bought by Henry Hobbs in 1832 who remained ther until the 1890s. It is believed to have finished working during the first world war and subsequently fell into dereliction. <2> Demolished sometime between 1973 - 1990. The mill complex is depicted on the 1st-4th edition OS maps. <3> - <6> NRHE data transfer: House built early 17th century, converted into house with watermill early 19th century. <7>