Monument record MDO47508 - West Mills, Dorchester

West Mill (SY 687910), a two storeyed brick building of plain rectangular plan built in the early 19th century and now stripped of all machinery. Towards the north end of the west elevation are two segmental arches which indicate the entry of the mill-race, now filled-in. Further east in the same wall are the remains of a small sluice. <3>

West Mills (SY 686911), first mentioned as Westmutt in 1349 and 1426 Court Rolls. <4>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 25 inch scale map, 1929 (Map). SDO18020.

(SY 68759108) West Mills (Corn) (NAT)

<2> Addison, J, and Wailes, R, 1963, Dorset Watermills; Transactions of the Newcomen Society 35, 194, 209 (Article in serial). SWX1484.

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 1, 131 (Monograph). SDO148.

'(165) West Mill (687910), of two storeys, of brick above a stone plinth and with a slated roof, is of the early 19th century and now stripped of all its machinery. It is a plain rectangular building with segmental-headed doorways and windows. Towards the N. end of the W. elevation two low segmental arches indicate the entry of the mill-race, which has been filled in. Further E. in the same wall are the remains of a small sluice. (See Rex Wailes, 'Dorset Water Mills' in Newcomen Society Transactions xxxv (1962–3), 194 and 209; the sluice gates therein illustrated have been removed.)'

<4> Mills, A D, 1977, The place-names of Dorset, Part 1, 359 (Monograph). SWX2852.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 453554 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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