Cider Barn Restoration
The Cider Barn dates back to 1780 nearly as old as the mill, it probably
started life as a shelter for live stock and then was used to make Cider driven by a belt
from the mill. It was listed along with the mill in 2003.
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- Front wall leaning out of vertical by over 200mm
- Lean to where horse and cart kept
- Barn roof
- Original first floor and joists
- Ground floor and cider press
- The propping up of the Cider Barn
- Rebuilding of wall using existing stone
- Rear lean-to being built back up which is now the bathroom
- Joist construction
- Joist level construction
- Reinforced culvert with concrete to take the new lean-to
- Original grinding stone