Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Norton Mill
Presteigne, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Norton, Presteigne, Powys, designated on 26 March 1985.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Industrial
- Date of designation
- 26 March 1985
- Locality
- Norton
- Community
- Presteigne
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.29576, -3.01885
- Cadw reference
- 8948
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1637 map "Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1637 · Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV.Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. a. England ab sich: Shire:15-17, 33 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 180 Knighton (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Set beside the Norton Brook and reached by a track from the main road near Townsend Villa.
Exterior
Early to mid C19, 2 storey mill house and mill under one slate roof (now converted to one residence), basement storey to rear overlooking stream. Rubble walls with segmental rubble voussoirs, rendered stacks. 3 windows wide (on various levels), paired casements with small-pane glazing, boarded loading doors on two levels to centre with house door up steps to left. Rear wall of mill is now partly weatherboarded with modern timber windows and lean-to slated extension.
Ironwork and timber brackets of overshot waterwheel survive below the cistern and feed pipe from the elevated mill pool above. Drive machinery, querns etc survive within the house.
Nearby in the register
- The CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
- 6 The TerraceDomesticunder 1 mi
- 5 The TerraceDomesticunder 1 mi
- 4 The TerraceDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.