Description and History of Site:-
Two storey mill not of architectural quality except for strange round corner. Very flat stone roof. Next door pretentious house consisting of five bays of six bay block with millstones over lintels of very large tall sash windows. Sixth bay has not been upgraded in the same way nor cement rendered. In field behind the mill large, clumsily elaborate mill race, stone built, cement rendered. Further back up field a more conventional stone mill race perhaps similarly upgraded when turbine installed. Weir at SE 039 997. Rather long mill race for a small mill. (Hatcher 1975). Owned by a man called Burton of Askrigg & Reeth Electric Company, according to neighbour mill was latterly used for generating electricity with a turbine by the same man who did likewise at Grinton and Askrigg mills. Water went to the Sawmill at SE 041 993. Disused in 1973, refurbished and used as a holiday let in 2017.
Shown as:
1854 OS Map Reeth Mill (corn)
1895 OS Map Mill
1914 OS Map Electric Light Station
1954 OS Map Electric Light Station

Further Reading and References:-
YAS - Hatcher Card Index. Research funded by the Yorkshire Arts Association 1972.
Hatcher J, The Industrial Architecture of Yorkshire, Phillimore, 1985.
Hay TT, 2000, Hydro-electricity Generation in the Yorkshire Dales. Cleveland Industrial Archaeologist Number 26 pp 35 - 53.

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Key Words :- watermill corn hydro-electric electricty generation

Viewing the Site :- No public access now private house can be viewed from the public footpath

Address :- Hill Close, Reeth, North Yorkshire, DL11 6RX
Grid Ref :- SE 04021 99488
Co-ordinates :- Lat 54.390858 , Long -1.939584
Local Authority :- Richmondshire District Council
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - North Riding
Site Status :- Site extant - Protected status unknown
Site Condition :- Site refurbished to residential housing
Record Date :- 5 June 2015

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