Ebley mill, Long Mill, Stroud, Gloucestershire

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The new mill was built between about 1818 and 1820, to the south of the old mill. It was a simple building architecturally, with its rows of arched mullion windows. Blocked windows show that he built only the Long Mill. However it was massive for the time; matched in size only by nearby Stanley Mill. It is one of the new generation of wide bodied mills which continued the tradition of being rectangular but which was almost twice as wide as mills of the previous century. Ebley was sold before the New Mill was completed; even building materials were included in the sale. Apparently it stood empty until 1825. The weir created a 6 foot fall of water which was run under the mill to drive waterwheels. It is unclear how many there were originally but later there were five each with a diameter of 16 feet. These were housed in the ground floor along with the fulling stocks and the gig mills. The wheels generated 80 h.p. but despite the mill pond there tended to be a shortage of water in the summer. The water then ran out to the west side of the mill, where the approach road now is. Effectively the mill had become a bridge over a complex water system. #Cotswold #Council #Ebley #Gloucestershire #industrial #industry #Long #Mill #offices #Stroud #textile #TRM_DA #Wool