Building record MLI41410 - Crown Mills, Ramsgate Road, Louth
Summary
Mid to late 19th century watermill at Ramsgate Road, Louth.
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Full Description
Crown Mills is of four storeys with a chimney, and built of red brick with Welsh slate and pantile roofs. It is one of the few remaining examples in the area of a large town mill. The interior has a reused date stone of 1716 but the building is probably all mid and later 19th century. The mill retains its waterwheel, but also used a Gilkes turbine as an auxiliary. It is thought to have been built on the site of a medieval mill, mentioned in Domesday. For the full description and the legal address of this listed building please refer to the appropriate entry in the National Heritage List for England. {1}{2}{3}{4}[5}{6}
Crown Mills was visited by English Heritage in May 2013, as part of the Louth Defined Area Survey. The building has been significantly altered and almost no evidence of the original 19th century interior survives apart from the roof structure and basic footprint. Floods in 2007 had caused damage to the ground floor of the mill complex, and extensive renovation and removal of historic fabric has detracted from the historic and architectural interest of the buildings. As a result, the decision was made to remove Crown Mills from the National Heritage List for England. The watermill is of red brick with a slate roof, decorative barge boards and wooden finial. The waterwheel and the auxiliary Gilkes turbine engine were removed when the mill was converted to dwellings and offices. {7}{8}
Sources/Archives (7)
- <1> SLI8148 Index: Department of the Environment. 1974. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 2/329.
- <2> SLI1056 Bibliographic Reference: Neil R. Wright. 1983. A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Lincolnshire Including South Humberside. no.55.2, p.25.
- <3> SLI1062 Bibliographic Reference: Nikolaus Pevsner and John Harris, with Nicholas Antram. 1989. Buildings of England: Lincolnshire (Second Edition). p.544.
- <4> SLI9583 Bibliographic Reference: Neil R. Wright. 2004. Lincolnshire's Industrial Heritage - A Guide. EL9, p.17.
- <5> SLI12156 Report: QuBE Planning Ltd.. 2008. Louth Conservation Area Appraisal. Riverhead character area.
- <6> SLI13505 Unpublished Document: English Heritage / Historic England. 2008->. Advice Report from a Heritage Asset Assessment. Case No.478870.
- <7> SLI14492 Index: Historic England. 2012->. Designation Decision Records (De-Designated and Non-Designated Entries). 1418369.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred TF 33525 87802 (26m by 24m) Surveyed |
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| Civil Parish | LOUTH, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Jun 4 2025 2:16PM
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