 | | Mortimers Cross Mill, Lucton
Location
Grid reference - SO 426 637.
OS Sheet - 149.
About 5 miles NW of Leominster, and 1 mile S of Aymestrey, at the junction of A4110 and B4362.
The only workable water-powered corn mill in Herefordshire, it dates from c.1750. The external breast-shot waterwheel and machinery were replaced a little over a hundred years later. A remarkably complete mill, with three pairs of stones, and all its machinery and equipment. Milling for demon-stration only. Alongside once stood a paper mill. A footpath leads along the leat to a weir on the river Lugg. Opening Times
April to September, Sundays and bank holidays 10.00 – 16.00. Group tours a speciality. National Mills Weekend opening times
Sunday 10.00.-16.00. Large car park. Admission free to English Heritage members. Tea & coffee. The waterwheel will be turning all day, but only grinding corn between 15.00 & 16.00pm. Contact
Chris Partington, 01568 708820.
E-mail
mortimersmill@btinternet.com Web site
www.mortimerscrossmill.com | |
