The site of a modern watermill. The Ordnance Survey First edition mapping of 1869 shows a mill race and an unmarked industrial complex at this location. The building began life as a water-powered spinning mill in the 18th century, but was converted for use as a paper mill in the 1820s, operated by a syndicate led by a Manx-based businessman named Lewthwaite, with partners including William Walker, a paper wholesaler and retailer based in Liverpool.


A succession of proprietors operated and extended the mill through the 19th century until it was converted for use as a power station serving the Manx Electric Railway.  It now serves as a workshop. The complex was served by water drawn from a weir 300 metres upstream along a mill race.  A short 30 metre tail race returned water to the river immediately downstream