Description and History of Site:-
Small water mill on Grinton Gill which runs behind. Simple block with hipped stone slab roof and no windows or chimneys. Mill-house long narrow building gable end on to Harkerside Lane. Mill up hillside adjacent to mill house site very overgrown. (Hatcher, 1974). Now (2022) only earthworks are thought to remain.

The mill, which went out of use in 1950 was of interest in that its water supply arrangements were quite complex. Although near to Grinton Beck, just to the east, this was an unreliable source often nearly dry in the summer months. The supply used by the mill was taken instead from the Cogden Beck, carried to a small mill dam, and thence across the Grinton Beck on a wooden aqueduct. From there, the mill race continued to the mill before being ultimately discharged into the River Swale at Grinton.

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.

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

Address :- Harkerside Lane, Grinton, Richmond, North Yorkshire, DL11 6HN
Grid Ref :- SE 04553 98372
Co-ordinates :- Lat 54.380825 , Long -1.931407
Local Authority :- Richmondshire District Council
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - North Riding
Site Status :- Site demolished or no longer extant
Site Condition :- Earthworks only
Record Date :- 16 May 2015

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