Abbey Mill, Reading
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Alternative names | Abbey Mills |
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Location | Reading, Berkshire |
Coordinates | 51°27′19″N 0°58′00″W / 51.4554°N 0.9668°W |
Abbey Mill, or Abbey Mills, is a ruined former watermill on the Holy Brook, a channel of the River Kennet in the English county of Berkshire. The ruins are grade II listed.[1]
The mill originally belonged to Reading Abbey, whose monks are believed to have created the Holy Brook as a water supply to this and other mills owned by them. It is situated just to the south of the ruins of the Abbey itself, in the centre of the town of Reading.[2]
The mill was built straddling the Holy Brook which marked the southern boundary of the monastic enclosure. It continued to grind corn into the 1950s. Today, all that remains is a section of wall, pierced by three arches. The wall is built of flint with caen stone ashlar dressings and brick filling. The two side arches are round headed, whilst the centre arch over the Holy Brook is larger and pointed.[1][3]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Abbey Mill Ruins, Reading". Historic England. Archived from the original on 3 February 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
- ^ Sowen, Adam; Castle, Sally; Hay, Peter (2003). The Holy Brook or The Granators Tale. Two Rivers Press. ISBN 1-901677-34-6.
- ^ "READING ABBEY MILLS, BERKSHIRE". The Corpus of ROMANESQUE SCULPTURE in Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original on 14 April 2005. Retrieved 29 October 2007.
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