PANN MILL, NW OF THE RYE
Location/Address
None recorded
Type
Other site, structure or landscape
Assets that cannot fit any of the other categories. This category includes sites of archaeological interest, where the original form and function may not be apparent without the use of archaeological techniques and interpretation.Description
Medieval and post medieval watermill, demolished in 1970 and partly excavated in 1993-5
1788 WATERMILL MARKED AT NGR (B1).
TITHE MAP MARKS 'CORNMILL, YARD, OUTBUILDINGS' AT NGR (B2).
OS 'PANN MILL (CORN)' AT NGR (B3).
IN DOMESDAY (B4).
FINE BRICK 3 STOREY MILL (B5).
CEASED USING WATER POWER C.1928 (B8).
DEMOLISHED 1970 (B7).
WHEEL ETC RESTORED TO WORKING ORDER 1978 (B9).
EXCAVATIONS CARRIED OUT BY CVAHS IN 1993 AND 1995 REVEALED EVIDENCE FOR AT LEAST THREE PHASES OF MILL BUILDINGS ON THE SITE, DATING TO THE 14TH CENTURY, THE 16TH AND 17TH CENTURIES AND THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY. MEDIEVAL AND POST MEDIEVAL FINDS (AND A FEW RESIDUAL ROMANO-BRITISH FINDS) WERE RETRIEVED FROM THE MILL LEAT (B11-14).
SEE EXCAVATION REPORT FOR DETAIL AND FOR DOCUMENTARY HISTORY (B14).
Detailed historical notes, 1930s condition and photograph. Working in 2006 (B15).
The original mill on this site was demolished in 1971, the latest in a long line of mill buildings which have occupied this site since Domesday. The most recent mill was built in 1759, with a new waterwheel and milling machinery fitted in 1860. A road widening scheme of the 1960s led to the loss of the historic buildings on the site, including a fine Georgian Millers house. However the original cast iron water wheel and other mill machinery was saved by the High Wycombe Society, and it was installed within a wooden building on the site in 1974. Since then the High Wycombe Society have restored the mill machinery to working condition. Open days are held several times a year. The mill machinery is a breast shot water wheel of historic significance some 5 metres in diameter. The rest of the mill machinery is encased within the building, a functional weather boarded structure echoing earlier buildings on the site, set within an attractive woodland garden setting. As such it is an important site for the High Wycombe Society and the local community. Proposed for inclusion on local list (B16).
Added to local list (B17).
Statement of Significance
Asset type
Medieval and post medieval watermill, demolished in 1970 and partly excavated in 1993-5
Date Listed
n/a