Houghton Mill, Cambridgeshire
As we are back home for a week or two we decided to go out for a drive and revisit some of the places we hadn't been to for ages.
Houghton Mill, near St Ives in Cambridgeshire, is the only working watermill left on the 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, Cambridgeshire
As we are back home for a week or two we decided to go out for a drive and revisit some of the places we hadn't been to for ages.
Houghton Mill, near St Ives in Cambridgeshire, is the only working watermill left on the 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.