Chatsworth Mill, Derbyshire, February 2015

[HughieD]

Just a little explore here. Nothing epic but quite an interesting and historic place. This old corn mill that stands surrounded by beech trees by the Derwent River on the Chatsworth Estate was built by James Paine, a successful architect of the mid and later decades of the 18th century. He created a number of features in the park at Chatsworth including two bridges. The mill was built in 1761 and was a replacement for the former working mill near the house and was designed as an ‘ornamented’ working building. The mill’s ‘head race’ was fed by the Derwent that ran part underground, part open. The tail race then discharged back into the river via an arched stone culvert.

The Mill will was last worked by Mr Wilfrid Johnson in 1950 and twelve years later the mill was damaged by falling trees in the great storm of 1962. Fortunately the Chatsworth Estate prevented the mill from being dismantled and had it made safe as a ruin, thus maintaining its architectural contribution to the landscape.

Here’s the pictures.

Two back elevations:

img7590 by HughieDW, on Flickr

img7588 by HughieDW, on Flickr

Sluice gate:

img7587 by HughieDW, on Flickr

Old mill wheel:

img7586 by HughieDW, on Flickr

Old millstone:

img7585 by HughieDW, on Flickr

The roof has seen better days:

img7583 by HughieDW, on Flickr

Part of the old mill wheels:

img7580 by HughieDW, on Flickr

Archway:

img7578 by HughieDW, on Flickr

Work workings:

img7577 by HughieDW, on Flickr

Side elevation looking towards the Derwent:

img7596 by HughieDW, on Flickr

 

[smiler]

I enjoyed that, good pics and report, Thanks

 

[flyboys90]

Some lovely machinery and architecture,thanks for sharing.

 

[DirtyJigsaw]

Nice! Something different.

 

[UrbanX]

Nice one, that's lovely!