Z145/207

South Mills, Blunham

October 1965

From: 1965 To: 1965

Old accession number 2144

Report submitted to County Planning by J. Kenneth Major B. Arch; A.R.I.B.A. with photographs detailing the history and architecture of the Mills. Originally the Mills were used as oil cake mills (1812-1899). They were taken over by Messrs Beesons Ltd who made fertilisers and other products from bones and slaughter house waste until 1961. The Mills then passed to Cross Bone Fertilisers Limited who were still there in 1965. The report appears to have been written as part of a consultation into demolition of the buildings. The writer concludes that some parts are worthy of preservation and that detailed photographs and drawings should be prepared to enable a record of the mill to be held by the National Monuments Record. Photographs (previously mounted in an album) a) The mill from the yard b) The warehouse and yard c) The main bay of the oil mill furnace chimney d) The south wheel e) The north wheel f) 2 photographs of the primary drive of the belt to the upper shaft g) The bone crusher h) The main joists of the first floor i) The warehouse roof j) The wooden spiral staircase k) The edge runner stones from the oil mill l) The spur line from the Bedford to Cambridge line. The coal hopper m) The base of the chimney

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BLUNHAM, Blunham South Mills, MILLS, architecture, photographs, Beeson Brothers, Cross Bone Fertilisers