GORDON R KERR & ASSOC
![]() View of building group from adjacent fields ![]() Map of historic Mill site ![]() Remains of original Wheel Pit & Mill Race | MILL HOUSE VYNE ROAD SHERBORNE ST JOHN HANTS * UNIQUE DEVELOPMENT IN THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTRYSIDE TO REINSTATE A WATER WHEEL ON THE SITE OF A FORMER 18th CENTURY CORN MILL * THE CONTEMPORARY WHEEL WILL HARNESS THE POWER OF THE SURVIVING MILL POND AND WATERFALL TO DELIVER HYRO-ELECTRICITY TO THE REMAINDER OF THE SMALL HOLDING - COMPRISING THE ORIGINAL MILL HOUSE, HISTORIC OUTBUILDINGS, MILL RACE STREAMS AND SUROUNDING FIELDS AND PASTURES. * FOLLOWING A YEAR LONG NEGOTIATION WITH THE PLANNING AUTHORITY, PROPOSALS TO RE-CREATE THE ORIGINAL MILL BUILDING, BASED ON EXTENSIVE RESEARCH OF THE GENRE, WERE NOT SUPPORTED. * THE WHEEL WILL BE ATTACHED TO A NEW OUTBUILDING SERVING THE NEEDS OF THE WORKING SMALLHOLDING AND THE RESIDENTIAL MILL HOUSE. * BEING LOCATED IN A CONSERVATION AREA IN THE COUNTRYSIDE THE ECOLOGICAL BENEFITS TO THE WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND THE IMMEDIATE ENVIRONMENT ARE REQUIRED TO BE SIGNIFICANT. More details to follow......................................... | ![]() New Wheel destined for site ![]() Original Mill waterfall ![]() Typical North Hampshire Mill |
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