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of later mills; the present redbrick structure dates to the mid to late 18th century, with alterations from the 19th century. There were many other mills along the river at various times. During the construction of the
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and bridge) was assigned a listed status on 20 July 1973. The mill is open to the public 7 days a week during the summer and
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General view of the mill from upstream, with the small millpool formed by the river above the sluice.
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There is archaeological evidence of a Saxon mill on the site and records in the
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View of the entrance to the enclosed race, with the overflow weir alongside.
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Remains of the lock constructed for the Navigation of the river.
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Photographs of repairs to the Wheel, by the craftsman involved
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Watermill
Sleaford
53°00′06″N 0°24′01″W / 53.001687°N 0.400187°W / 53.001687; -0.400187 (Cogglesford Mill)
OS grid reference
TF 07459 46128
Lincolnshire
Listed Building
1062115
Cogglesford Mill is located in Lincolnshire
Weir in place of the upper doors of the lock. This weir has a levelling mechanism attached, rather like a tilting weir. We see the dark frames of the weir, wet on a winter's day, with the water cascading over toward us in a smooth cataract, no turbulence or disturbance. The surface of the mill pond beyond is placid. The air is misty and the surrounding trees are white with hoar-frost, which also rimes the edges of the frame of the weir, melted only where the water has splashed.
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watermill
Sleaford
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England
River Slea
Roman road
Mareham Lane
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Sleaford Navigation
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stoneground flour
View of millpond upstream of weir, looking toward the Mill building. The Mill building is largely obscured by a very pale yellow-green weeping willow on the right. A small clump of bulrushes and two spindly conifers on the left frame the mill cottage where the restaurant is. The water is placid, and as flat as the proverbial mill-pond. The trees and the building are reflected perfectly in the water, as is the grey and featureless sky.
A view of the mill building from the footpath on the north bank. The pool and the bridge across the race are visible to the right, but the red brick face of the building dominates. In the extreme foreground on the left is a bare-branched tree, its trunk lightly flecked with lichen. In the middle distance on the left is a holly, dark green and dense.
Close view of the south side of the building. A small eliptical brick arch leads the water into the enclosed millrace, and there is an overflow weir to the right of the building. Trees are visible on the riverbank beyond. The water is constrained in a red brick channel with a bulnose (curved) corner. Two scroll shaped iron 'plates' are on the upper wall, terminals for tie-rods that pass through the building. This is a winter view, and the state of the trees makes this stark. There is a small and unturbulent flow of water through the overflow weir, because the level is accurately controlled by the main weir in the old lock chamber. A precarious plank bridge, with no handrails, crosses the overflow race to reach the lockside on the right.
View downstream of the lock chamber build for the Sleaford Navigation, to maintain the head at the mill. The chamber is largely brick built with stone details for load-bearing parts, and the brick is coloured with moss and lichen. A little desultory grass covers the top sides. There are no lower gates, the lock having been converted into a weir many years ago. A cheap iron railing fence, painted black recently, delineates the property associated with the mill and restaurant to the left. This is a winter view and many bare trees line the banks downstream. The trunks of the nearest can be clearly seen to be covered in ivy. The water looks clear and placid.
A general view of the mill building from the bridge, taken with a wide angle lens, resulting in some false verticals. The shot is tricky, but it is probably the only way to capture the whole building without obscuring trees. it is November, and the low autumn sun makes the red brick appear to have an orange glow. We see a two-story building in 18th century red brick, with a pitched roof clad in pantiles of nearly the same colour. A narrow chimney breast breaks the flatness of the wall in the centre, and the chimney continues above the eaves and is capped with an unusually tall plain earthenware pot, in a pale yellow colour characteristic of the area. To the right of the chimney, in the wall above the millrace, the wall is pierced only by a small white painted door on the ground floor and a double window on the first. On the left of the chimney, however, there are several white-painted openings: a door and two windows on the ground floor, and a tall door on the second, for the grain hoist access. Four black painted iron scrolls terminate four threaded tie-bars through the building at what would appear to be head height on the second floor. To the left (north) of the mill is a second building, the mill cottages, and these can be made out on the extreme edge of the picture. They feature stone quoins in their red brick wall, and the cornder of the mill next to them has stone quoins on the ground floor too.
Interior view of the machinery on the first floor. The "Great Spur Wheel" is an iron gear-wheel arranged horizontally on a vertical spindle, which spindle passes through the floor and is driven from below by the mill. on either side are millstones, set in a wooden drum-shaped housing. They are driven by vertical iron shafts which, at the top, have a small gear mating with the great spur wheel. The drive is thereby geared up to a much higher speed than the main vertical shaft from the wheel The floor is bare planks, the walls and apparatus are a golden coloured pale wood, and there is ancient whitewash on the walls. The metal parts of the mechanism are painted a gloss black.
on the floor below the stones is the drive from the wheel. We see the same vertical shaft that goes up through the floor, topped here with a black iron bevel gear. Another bevel gear on the right, currently disengaged, is driven by the waterwheel. The room is cramped and whitewashed.

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