Ludford Mill And Mill Weir
- HER Number (PRN): 10942
- Site Name : Ludford Mill And Mill Weir
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Grade: II Ref No.: 1241119 Title: LUDFORD MILL WEIR (THAT PART IN LUDLOW CIVIL PARISH) Type: Listed Building - Protected Status:
Grade: II Ref No.: 1202857 Title: LUDFORD MILL AND MILL WEIR (THAT PART IN LUDFORD CIVIL PARISH) Type: Listed Building - Civil Parish:
- Grid Reference: SO 5140 7420
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- Brief Description: Documentary sources show this building was built as a paper mill pre 1718. Owners and lessees have been traced through 18th and 19th centuries. It went out of use as a paper mill c1868 and converted to corn mill and is protected by Grade II Listing.
- Description: Mill. C17 with earlier origins. Stone rubble; timber frame and brick; old plain tiles, re-roofed C19. L-shaped plan. 2 floors and attic; wooden steps to 1st floor: C20 plank door under concrete lintel; to left, openings under oak lintels and C19 leaded light in pegged oak frame; V-shaped cut water and grille, below. C18 brickwork to timber framed gable, with 2 light mullion. Wing to left has C20, 2 light mullion leaded light and to left, blocked doorway; left returned side has deep eaves with sawn purlins over massive earlier purlins. Rear has narrow pentice roof over tail race and blocked opening under timber lintel, with C20 mullion light over. Left returned side of main block has 2 hipped gable dormers with 6 light mullion and transom windows with leaded lights and casements. Rear: C18 gable with leaded lights set in timber framing with brick infill; corner buttress; trail races under stone lintels; 2 light mullion window in altered opening under brick segmental arch. Right returned side: stone steps to basement with C19 plank door and light, in altered opening under stop chamfered oak lintel and brick segmental arch; to left, 2 light mullion; to right, steps up to C19 plank door under brick segmental arch.
INTERIOR: retains one early C19 wheel and shaft, with some sluice controls. [Weir of medieval origins; V shaped; serving Ludford and Hockey's Mills. Stone rubble, with vertical coursing ] - Ludford Mill weir listed seperately 18/10/1995 - see PRN 19947).<1>
Paper mill, "Ludford Paper Mill", with various other names. Documentary sources show built as paper mill pre 1718. Owners and lessees have been traced through 18th and 19th centuries. Went out of use as paper mill c1868 and converted to corn mill.<2>
"Ludford Mill (corn)" shown on OS map of 1885. <3>
Paper mill on River Teme mentioned. <4>
CMHTS Record Sheet. <5>
CMHTS Report. <6>
Water mill symbol. <7>
Ludford Mill (Corn). <8>
Ludford Mill. <9>
Mill - disused. <10>
Corn Mill. <11>
Details on fire and smoke damage to mill building. <13><14><15>
A watching brief was carried out in 2012 on the insertion of a new foundation beam in the cellar floor of the mill building. No archaeological features or finds predating the 19th century were recorded. The existing flagstone floor appeared to have been laid probably in the late 19th or even early 20th century, with its bedding laying directly on the natural bedrock. <16>
A watching brief, programme of building recording and dendrochronological survey was carried out in 2015 at Ludford Mill, in connection with the installation of a hydroelectric turbine within the existing mill leat. ->
-> The programme of building recording concentrated on the mill building and the associated weir. After a fire parts of the mill building and the weir itself had been completely reconstructed in 2002 using partly original materials, but with the addition of large amounts of modern concrete and stone. The watching brief recorded features which were dated to pre-1541 AD by dendrochronology. These appeared to relate to a previous phase of mill construction, probably when it functioned as a paper mill, possibly representing the structure for a water wheel or a sluice gate. Alternatively it may relate to a separate structure, possibly a medieval mill on the site that may not have been incorporated into the present mill's construction in the early 18th century (PRN 06182). <17>
Dendrochronological analysis was carried out on 3 timber samples recovered from a watching brief at Ludford Mill [see <17>]. The three sections were measured to contain series of 101, 105 and 72 years. A mean series of 164-years was established and dated to span AD 1367 to AD 1530. In the absence of bark a felling-date range was been calculated. The outermost ring of the series is though likely to end at the heartwood/sapwood boundary and therefore it is likely that the tree was felled between AD 1541 and 1571. All three sections are likely to have derived from a single tree which would have been at least 196 years old when felled. Strong cross-matches with reference chronologies in the local area suggest that the timber dated came from a local source. ->
-> These timbers appeared to relate to a previous phase of mill construction, probably when it functioned as a paper mill, possibly representing the structure for a water wheel or a sluice gate. Alternatively it may relate to a separate structure, possibly a medieval mill on the site that may not have been incorporated into the present mill's construction in the early 18th century.<18> - Record Type: Building
- Sources:
(00) Card index: Shropshire County Council SMR. Site and Monuments Record (SMR) cards. SMR record cards. SMR Card for PRN SA 10942. (01) List of Buildings: Department of National Heritage (DNH). 1993-Aug-09. 14th List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. Vol 825-1. List volume. p38. (02) Article in serial: Hancox T C. 1973. Ludford Paper Mill. Trans Woolhope Natur Fld Club. Vol 41. Pt 1, p91-94. (03) Map: Ordnance Survey. 1886. OS County Series 78.12, 1886. OS County Series. 78.12. 1:2500. (04) Monograph: Wright T. 1822. The History and Antiquities of the Town of Ludlow and its Ancient Castle. p200. (05) Record form: Dalwood Hal. 1993/ 1996. CMHTS SMR Records Shropshire: Ludlow. Central Marches Historic Towns Survey record form. Vol 5. Ludlow 10942. (06) Historic landscape survey report: Dalwood Hal et al. 1996. Archaeological Assessment of Ludlow, Shropshire (CMHTS). Hereford & Worcester CAS Rep. Rep 327. (07) Map: Greenwood C & Greenwood J. 1827. Map of the County of Salop. 1 inch to 1 mile. (08) Map: Ordnance Survey. 1887. OS County Series 78SE, 1887. OS County Series. 78SE. 1:10560. (09) Map: Ordnance Survey. 1964. OS SO57SW, 1964. OS National Grid Series. SO57SW. 1:10560. (10) Map: Ordnance Survey. 1976. OS SO57SW, 1976. OS National Grid Series. SO57SW. 1:10000. (11) Monograph: Trinder Barrie. 1996. The Industrial Archaeology of Shropshire. Appendix One. (12) List of Buildings: Department of the Environment (DoE). 1974-Mar-15. 2nd List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. Vol 825-0. List volume. p89. (13) Non-archaeological specialist report: Dean M J. 2012. Structural calculations and sketch details for fire damage related structural repairs at Ludford Mill, Ludford, Ludlow. Dean & Thomas Ltd Rep. MJD/LKL/6347. (14) Non-archaeological specialist report: Dean M J. 2012. Structural calculations and sketch details for proposed temporary suport to upper ground floor and to middle cross-beam above kitchen at Ludford Mill, Ludford, Ludlow. Dean & Thomas Ltd Rep. (15) Non-archaeological specialist report: Dean M J. 2012. Proposed fire and smoke damage repairs at Ludford Mill, Ludford, Ludlow: specification and schedule of works. (16) Watching brief report: Hannaford Hugh R. 2012. A watching brief at Ludford Mill, Ludford, Ludlow, Shropshire 2012. SCAS Rep. 321. (17) Watching brief report: Children J. 2016. A watching brief at Ludford Mill, Ludford, Shropshire: March 2016. Cursus Archaeology Rep. (18) Scientific dating report: Moir A Dr.. 2016. Dnedrochronological analysis of an oak timber from Ludford Mill, Ludford, Ludlow, Shropshire. Tree Ring Services Report. SYLM/04/16. - Tags:
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- Date Last Edited: 25/10/2018 12:24:15
