Elton Mill
One from a couple of years back which I never got round to doing a report on. Me and @dansgas1000 visited on one of our weekend urbex trips.
Truth be told, I was never really happy with my photographs from here, they were way too orange, a culmination of my ancient Canon 400d and lack of photography skills at the time. I recently stuck the photos back through Lightroom and managed to kinda save most of them! I'd really like to go back, but from what I've heard, it's been sealed. Could always go in via the mill races but don’t fancy getting wet!
Constructed in the late 18th century, this mill stands on the grounds of an earlier mill, which was demolished and this one put in its place. It underwent a minor extension in the mid 19th century, with this new section featuring a plaque with ‘AD 1840’ inscribed on it.
Inside the mill remains an iron and wooden waterwheel, which is roughly 4.3m in diameter and 3.6m wide. There is still a lot of other milling machinery inside too. There was a miller's house, which was attached to the north-west end of the building, but this was demolished in 1881. I was unable to find a definite date on when the mill stopped being used.
The mill gained listed status in 1988, and has been on the Huntingdonshire District Council’s Buildings at Risk register since the 1990’s. There are no current plans to restore or find a use for the mill according to the council.
Some beautiful wood work up on the 2nd floor
Think this part of the mill was still used for storage
A lovely old Bamford stationary engine
One from a couple of years back which I never got round to doing a report on. Me and @dansgas1000 visited on one of our weekend urbex trips.
Truth be told, I was never really happy with my photographs from here, they were way too orange, a culmination of my ancient Canon 400d and lack of photography skills at the time. I recently stuck the photos back through Lightroom and managed to kinda save most of them! I'd really like to go back, but from what I've heard, it's been sealed. Could always go in via the mill races but don’t fancy getting wet!
Constructed in the late 18th century, this mill stands on the grounds of an earlier mill, which was demolished and this one put in its place. It underwent a minor extension in the mid 19th century, with this new section featuring a plaque with ‘AD 1840’ inscribed on it.
Inside the mill remains an iron and wooden waterwheel, which is roughly 4.3m in diameter and 3.6m wide. There is still a lot of other milling machinery inside too. There was a miller's house, which was attached to the north-west end of the building, but this was demolished in 1881. I was unable to find a definite date on when the mill stopped being used.
The mill gained listed status in 1988, and has been on the Huntingdonshire District Council’s Buildings at Risk register since the 1990’s. There are no current plans to restore or find a use for the mill according to the council.
Some beautiful wood work up on the 2nd floor
Think this part of the mill was still used for storage
A lovely old Bamford stationary engine
