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Warwick Bridge Corn Mill,
Warwick Bridge,
Carlisle,
Cumbria
Large water powered corn mill with outbuildings for sale with full planning permission for conversion into three bedroom dwelling. The mill is a Grade II * listed building of great historical interest owing, in part, to the completeness of the milling machinery.
The buildings offer over 5,000sq.ft floor area and are solidly built from local sandstone on a sandstone bedrock. The principal roof timbers have undergone recent remedial works to keep the building and contents from dilapidation.
Planning permission exists to convert the mill complex and outbuildings into a three bedroomed dwelling and scope remains for further enhancement, subject to appropriate consents.
The site also benefits from recent Hydro electric survey showing alternative energy potential.
Location
The water powered Corn Mill at Warwick Bridge is situated within the heart of Cumbria easily accessible to the regional capital, Carlisle (5 miles) and the M6 Motorway (3 miles), as well as the Lake District, Eden Valley and Scottish Borders.
The Mill
A mill has been known to exist on the site since the 12th Century and perhaps earlier. The Mill Race still exists and can power the current machinery dating, in the main from 1839. Consisting of 5 pairs of stones driven by an pitch back iron wheel 14 feet in diameter with a 10 foot face.
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