Monument record MWX126 - Burton Mill, Burton Bradstock

Marked as a flax mill on the first and second edition OS. <1>

Terrace of modified rubble stone cottages of 10 bays and 2 storeys, immediately south of the churchyard, oriented approximately east-west. The west elevation has a vertical joint towards the southern side (the front of range). Date stone inscribed R R 1800. The gable walls are coped, with matching kneelers, the roof is of slate with 6 brick chimneys. To the south of the terrace, but at a slight angle to it in plan, is detached a stone house, probably of about 1800, this was the mill foreman's house. A short distance to the south-east is a short length of low rubble stone walling with a wide stone arch, presumably originally over the headrace or tailrace of the early mill. Further south is a long rubble stone range, apparently out of use, oriented approximately north-west/south-east. The ends are twin-gabled, and each gable at the north-west end contains an oculus. This range was probably only of one storey, but the number of bays could not be determined. The roof is of slate, which has been irregularly replaced by corrugated iron. At the north-west end some overgrown timber construction is visible, part of this may incorporate the wooden covering around the belt- wheel. <2-5>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Various, Ordnance Survey Map, Dorset Sheets, 1889 OS map, Dorset Sheet 45. 3 (Map). SWX1299.

<2> DOE (HRR), 1975, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: District of West Dorset 1975 (Scheduling record). SWX1433.

<3> Bailey, C J, 1982, The Bride Valley : the story of the past, with photographs of the present, 102 (Monograph). SWX1298.

<4> Eastwood, John, 1988, The Burton Bradstock Book., 7-8 (Monograph). SWX1297.

<5> Stanier, Peter, 1989, Dorset's Industrial Heritage, 38 (Monograph). SWX1300.

<6> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/063 South West Textile Mills Project (Unpublished document). SDO17323.

<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1305404 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Dec 18 2023 2:13PM