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Normally when reports dry up on places it's for a reason. Langwith Mill has had an occasional stream of reports in the past but the last I could find was over a year or so ago. On our visit we realised why. It's now back on the market with Savills and locked up tight, along with the accompanying mill house. There's just enough externals-wise to merit a report so here it is. Here's the history bit.
Langwith Mill is located to the east of the village of Nether Langwith, set back from the road on the banks of the River Poulter. The towns of Mansfield and Worksop are 8 miles to the south and 8 miles to the north respectively. The site itself comprises of Langwith Mill and Langwith Mill House. The latter is a Grade II Listed and is late 18th century and has previously been used as a restaurant (Goffs). The mill is over four storeys and was constructed in 1786 and used as a cotton mill. It was originally sixteen windows wide making it one of the largest mills in the area. The mill was powered by a large water wheel fed from a dam nearby. Cotton spinning came to an end in the late 1840s and the building was then converted into a corn mill in 1886. It was still operating after World War II. Langwith Mill itself is a "curtilage building" to the listed Mill House.
From the road it looks like only two storeys:
img2831 by HughieDW, on Flickr
Ah…I can see three now!
img2833 by HughieDW, on Flickr
OK, make that 4…
img2835 by HughieDW, on Flickr
First thing you come up to is the Mill house:
img2812 by HughieDW, on Flickr
It really is sealed tight:
img2818 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img2816 by HughieDW, on Flickr
One of the out-buildings:
img2815 by HughieDW, on Flickr
Next up - the mill:
img2817 by HughieDW, on Flickr
End on it doesn't look so impressive:
img2828 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img2819 by HughieDW, on Flickr
Ivy climbs the walls better than I could…
img2826 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img2825 by HughieDW, on Flickr
At the other end this is presumably the main drive shaft(?):
img2824 by HughieDW, on Flickr
Maybe next time eh?
img2836 by HughieDW, on Flickr
Langwith Mill is located to the east of the village of Nether Langwith, set back from the road on the banks of the River Poulter. The towns of Mansfield and Worksop are 8 miles to the south and 8 miles to the north respectively. The site itself comprises of Langwith Mill and Langwith Mill House. The latter is a Grade II Listed and is late 18th century and has previously been used as a restaurant (Goffs). The mill is over four storeys and was constructed in 1786 and used as a cotton mill. It was originally sixteen windows wide making it one of the largest mills in the area. The mill was powered by a large water wheel fed from a dam nearby. Cotton spinning came to an end in the late 1840s and the building was then converted into a corn mill in 1886. It was still operating after World War II. Langwith Mill itself is a "curtilage building" to the listed Mill House.
From the road it looks like only two storeys:
img2831 by HughieDW, on Flickr
Ah…I can see three now!
img2833 by HughieDW, on Flickr
OK, make that 4…
img2835 by HughieDW, on Flickr
First thing you come up to is the Mill house:
img2812 by HughieDW, on Flickr
It really is sealed tight:
img2818 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img2816 by HughieDW, on Flickr
One of the out-buildings:
img2815 by HughieDW, on Flickr
Next up - the mill:
img2817 by HughieDW, on Flickr
End on it doesn't look so impressive:
img2828 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img2819 by HughieDW, on Flickr
Ivy climbs the walls better than I could…
img2826 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img2825 by HughieDW, on Flickr
At the other end this is presumably the main drive shaft(?):
img2824 by HughieDW, on Flickr
Maybe next time eh?
img2836 by HughieDW, on Flickr