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Love your house. It's AMAZING for so many reasons!!

 

I'm drooling. As much as anything, those garden things! You've some serious values in those. I supect they came from one of the great Irish country houses - or perhaps salvaged from a Belfast building, there were some right stonkers, now sadly gone.

That brass door handle and lock is original, and again, I've forgotten the name. The star one likewise.

Handle: that key hole cover is probably about the right shape and style. It would have been a dangly one.

 

The vent cover is wonderful. If you can have a close look, it might be a Coalbrookdale piece and marked.

I suspect they added the big fireplace: a mill would not have had anything as grand, it's probably open stone with a huge lintel in behind it. But it works. Smaller fireplace is Victorian, I suspect added in the 19th.

Do you still have the water wheel?

The great thing is, you can probably get some furniture cheaper simply because you've space for big stuff.

 

Hi,
I love your home. I get so weak kneed when I see photos like that.
greg

 

I'm thinking of hiring a large van.

 

Thankyou folks for the lovely comments. WE felt the same as soon as we saw the house.

The house needs a bit of TLC which I have started by replacing the windows which were horrible 1980's wood which didn't at all suit the house. The one window which is steel is an old window but not sure from what date, maybe 19th century.

I'm afraid real wood sash windows were beyond my budget, so I opted for Conservation Approved UPVC Sash windows.
I don't think any of the pieces are original to the house, as it was a complex of 4 stone commercial buildings.

Originally in 1791 a mill to dye linen, then a spade mill making 12 spades a week, then a carriage repairer, then a motorised carriage repairer.

A fireplace expert dated the fireplace to approx 1741, which predates the building. The Victorian fireplace was installed in what was then a loft area accessed by ladders to the Mill Managers Office, now with a small set of stairs and we have converted it to a bedroom (1 of 8).

Unfortunately the waterwheel is gone, however I do have a poor quality photo of it in 1901, and the stone well where it used to be is still there but now with a little bridge to access one of the entrance doors.

 

Pics of New Dark Green Sash Windows, in comparison to the cheap 1980's wood windows. And a pic of the stone arch which runs under the house, and would have taken the waterwheel water back to the river.

 

Good choice on the windows; I think they look fine.

Around here in the U.S. midwest steel sash windows were commonly installed from the 1920s through the 40s. In my experience they leaked air like sieves; good riddance! The steel sash in my house was replaced by vinyl sash. The match wasn't as close as you've managed, but it still looks good and the energy savings is off the charts.

 

Google on Crittall windows. Wonderful things.

You are obliged, here, to match as closely as possible to original on buildings of this age and often those far younger. There's a real industry around conservation grade stuff.

 

OH YOU HAVE A FABULOUS HOME!!

 

OH, your Country Estate looks WONDERFUL!!!!! If we were younger (We're NOT!!!) and liked to fly (which we DON'T) we'd be over for a first hand look-see!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Looks story-book perfect!!!!! LOVE all the history with it too!!!

 

What a stunning house !

 

What a wonderful house! Would make a wonderful backdrop for a period romantic murder mystery movie

 

AND, (sometimes slow to notice!!!) your avatar matches that evening photo you showed us of your wonderful home.....NIIIIICE!!!!!

 

Wow ! Really nice ! I'd move in in a heartbeat ! So much character !