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Reading Abbey Mill, Reading, Berkshire

Location
(51°27′18″N, 0°58′4″W)
Reading Abbey Mill, Reading
SU 718 734
pre-1974 traditional (England and Wales) Berkshire
now Reading
medieval Salisbury
now Oxford
  • Ron Baxter
05 September 1996

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Feature Sets
Description

All that remains is a section of wall running N-S, pierced by three arches.

History

The mill was built straddling the Holy Brook which marked the southern boundary of the monastic enclosure. It continued to grind corn into the 1950s.

Features

Exterior Features

Exterior Decoration

Miscellaneous
Comments/Opinions

The chevron ornament on the central arch is clearly reset; probably originally from a stringcourse or label.

Bibliography

C. F. Slade, 'Excavations at Reading Abbey 1964-67.' Berkshire Archaeological Journal, 66, 1971-71, 65-116.

P. Fasham and J. Hawkes, Reading Abbey Waterfront, Reading 1986.