Description:Walk Mill dates from the late eighteenth century and was used for grinding corn. There was an earlier mill on this site which was used for fulling or “walking” cloth, hence the name.
The waterwheel is in the single storey structure in the bottom left of the picture. Much of the milling machinery, including two (originally four) pairs of millstones remains in the tall building adjoining it seen here. Restoration work began in the 1970s but was not completed.
The long building to the left of the wheelhouse is the malthouse. On the top floor barley was spread during its germination period, and the kiln on which it was roasted is in the south-east corner. Over the malthouse doorway is a date stone inscribed AD1830. In later years no malting took place but the kiln was used to dry corn after a wet harvest.