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.
Click on any image below to step through the gallery…
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- Front wall leaning out of vertical by over 200mm
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- Lean to where horse and cart kept
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- Barn roof
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- Original first floor and joists
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- Ground floor and cider press
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- The propping up of the Cider Barn
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- Rebuilding of wall using existing stone
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- Rear lean-to being built back up which is now the bathroom
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- Joist construction
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- Joist level construction
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- Reinforced culvert with concrete to take the new lean-to
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- Original grinding stone
