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Nether Alderley Mill, Cheshire
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A 15th century corn mill. It has recently been re-roofed. It's quite interesting as the roof is very steeply pitched and is covered with stone slabs. The stone is grit stone, and the roof weighs 200 tons. The timbers were the original timbers, and were 600 years old. One of only four such mills in Cheshire. The mill is owned by the National Trust.
On a side note, I can't say exactly where the grit stone came from, but the area around Macclesfield, Cheshire is gritstone and there is a large gritstone quarry, called Teggs Quarry from which grit stone was quarried. It's likely it came from there. See my other pictures for pictures of the quarry.
Nether Alderley Mill, Cheshire
IMGP3519_HDR
A 15th century corn mill. It has recently been re-roofed. It's quite interesting as the roof is very steeply pitched and is covered with stone slabs. The stone is grit stone, and the roof weighs 200 tons. The timbers were the original timbers, and were 600 years old. One of only four such mills in Cheshire. The mill is owned by the National Trust.
On a side note, I can't say exactly where the grit stone came from, but the area around Macclesfield, Cheshire is gritstone and there is a large gritstone quarry, called Teggs Quarry from which grit stone was quarried. It's likely it came from there. See my other pictures for pictures of the quarry.