Modern watermill and associated water management.


The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1869 shows a building at the grid reference provided, accompanied by the annotation 'Corn Mill'.


The mill complex consisted of the mill itself, a grain store which latterly was connected to the mill by an overhead walkway, and a miller's house.


The mill ceased work in 1927 due to a fire; at the time it had been relatively recently re-equipped with a new waterwheel with castings manufactured at the local Gellings foundry in 1905.


The miller's house recently (2016) received planning permission for redevelopment.


A weir drew off water from the Sulby river along a 70m leat to a 0.4 acre millpond, from which the leat continued a further 20m to the wheel, which was located on the easterly gable of the mill.


The mill and the grain store were protected by an overflow race, which diverted excess water to a point just below downstream of the wheelpit, where it entered the tail race. The tail race extended for 900m before re-entering the Sulby river. It still carries water.