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| Low Gote Mills, Cockermouth | ||
| Low Gote Mills | ||
| site name:- | Derwent, River | |
| locality:- | Goat | |
| civil parish:- | Cockermouth (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | buildings | |
| locality type:- | mill (ex) | |
| locality type:- | water mill | |
| locality type:- | corn mill | |
| coordinates:- | NY11613108 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY1131 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY13 | |
| references:- | Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 54 4) placename:- Goat Mills |
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| source data:- | Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25
inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton,
Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948. "Goat Mills (Corn)" |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "FORMER CORN MILL / / SPITAL ING LANE / COCKERMOUTH / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 71748 / NY1151031132" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Now disused. Probably early C19. Stone rubble, partly cemented, slate roof. Built on sloping hillside. Upper portion has wide gable end to road, 3 storeys, with wooden shuttered openings. Lower wing to left is 2 storeys, the lower storey being below road level; 5 windows on each floor, formerly 24-paned sashes but now partly broken, in stone architraves. End gable his entrance up 4 stone steps, and a round- arched upper window. Rear facade to former mill-race has 8 windows. Mill wheel at junction of wings. Interior appears to have heavy women beams and iron upright props." |
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| hearsay:- |
Converted from a ruin to a dwelling, 1978-79. There was a mill on this site for at
least 300 years. The lower part of the mills was demolished. |
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| Used as a corn mill and also by Harris's linen company. |
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