Description and History of Site:-
Nice brick detailing and articulation on tower and north facade. Strange roof arrangement one big slope with stepped gable looks as if it ought to have a matching slope to make it of two pitches. Red brick with battlement tower corbelled out at parapet level. Slate roof. Pseudo-Norman style. Tower has narrow slit windows set into semi-circular headed blank arcading. Grey brickwork marking arcading. Stone sills to slits. Tower in NW corner of large rectangular block. At base of tower openings widen into Norman round-headed windows Tall pilasters form tall panels marked on each floor by slit windows. Large slate roof with stepped gable to west. Blocked openings in west wall. On south facade low rectangular windows with frosted glass under flat arches. Along this long facade tall pilasters form bays headed by corbelled eaves with dog-tooth course of brickwork. On north facade blank openings in pairs in each bay a la Normanesque. According to a local informant at the time of Hatcher's visit in 1973 the fuel was delivered by rail, over the nearby viaduct. Was used as an electricity power station from 1903 and supplied Tadcaster until taken over by the YEB in the 1950's. Was in use by John Smiths as a bonded warehouse in 1973. Demolished 2015.

Further Reading and References:-
YAHS - Hatcher Card Index. Research funded by the Yorkshire Arts Association 1972.
Hatcher, J. The industrial architecture of Yorkshire. Phillimore, 1985.

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Key Words :- steam corn mill

Address :- Mill Lane, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, LS24 8EZ
Grid Ref :- SE 48570 43777
Co-ordinates :- Lat 53.887911 , Long -1.262518
Local Authority :- Selby District Council
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - West Riding
Site Status :- Site demolished or no longer extant
Site Condition :- Site cleared - no above ground remains visible
Site Dates :- 1883 -
Contributor :- Daniel Balmforth - 5 June 2015

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