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Name:Paper Mill (former), West Deeping
HER Number:MLI33493
Type of record:Building

Summary

Paper Mill (former), West Deeping

Grid Reference:TF 108 086
Map Sheet:TF10NW
Parish:WEST DEEPING, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

Full description

To the southwest of the church is a picturesque water mill. {3}
West Deeping Paper Mill was presumably built before 1713 when Louis Walker took an apprentice to work in his paper mill. The building was burnt down in the 1830s, then was rebuilt and used as a corn mill unitl the 1950s. It is now (2008) a private house called 'The Mill'. {4}


<1> OS, 1958, OS 6 INCH SERIES, TF 10 NW (Map). SLI3660.

<2> OS, 1977, OS 1:10000 SERIES, TF 10 NW (Map). SLI3622.

<3> Nikolaus Pevsner and John Harris, with Nicholas Antram, 1989, Buildings of England: Lincolnshire (Second Edition), 2nd Rev Edn p791 (Bibliographic Reference). SLI1062.

<4> Nott, Hugh, 2008, Papermaking in Lincolnshire 1600 to 1900, pp.56-57 (Bibliographic Reference). SLI12194.

Monument Types

  • (Former Type) PAPER MILL (Burnt down, Post Medieval - 1713 AD? to 1830 AD?)
  • (Former Type) WATERMILL (Burnt down, Post Medieval - 1713 AD? to 1830 AD?)
  • (Former Type) CORN MILL (Rebuilt, Post Medieval to Mid 20th Century - 1831 AD? to 1950 AD?)
  • HOUSE (Mid 20th Century to 21st Century - 1950 AD? to 2050 AD)

Protected Status

  • Conservation Area

Sources and further reading

<1>Map: OS. 1958. OS 6 INCH SERIES. TF 10 NW.
<2>Map: OS. 1977. OS 1:10000 SERIES. TF 10 NW.
<3>Bibliographic Reference: Nikolaus Pevsner and John Harris, with Nicholas Antram. 1989. Buildings of England: Lincolnshire (Second Edition). 2nd Rev Edn p791.
<4>Bibliographic Reference: Nott, Hugh. 2008. Papermaking in Lincolnshire 1600 to 1900. pp.56-57.