Houghton Mill, Huntingdonshire
Another shot of Houghton Mill, which is on the River Great Ouse in near St Ives in Huntingdonshire - now part of Cambridgeshire.
Houghton Mill is the only working watermill left on the River Great Ouse. The present Grade II*-listed building probably dates from the 17th century and was substantially altered and extended in the 18th and 19th centuries.
In its mid-19th century heyday the mill ran 10 pairs of stones powered by three separate waterwheels. Much of the internal machinery remains intact although the wheels were removed in the 1930s when the mill stopped production. Today, corn is ground by a pair of millstones powered by the north waterwheel which was re-instated in 1999.
Houghton Mill is owned by the National Trust.
Houghton Mill, Huntingdonshire
Another shot of Houghton Mill, which is on the River Great Ouse in near St Ives in Huntingdonshire - now part of Cambridgeshire.
Houghton Mill is the only working watermill left on the River Great Ouse. The present Grade II*-listed building probably dates from the 17th century and was substantially altered and extended in the 18th and 19th centuries.
In its mid-19th century heyday the mill ran 10 pairs of stones powered by three separate waterwheels. Much of the internal machinery remains intact although the wheels were removed in the 1930s when the mill stopped production. Today, corn is ground by a pair of millstones powered by the north waterwheel which was re-instated in 1999.
Houghton Mill is owned by the National Trust.