Properties of the week: fine mill houses
Featuring homes in Suffolk, Hampshire and Essex
Carmarthenshire: Millstones, Pencader
A characterful former corn mill in a delightful rural setting. Main suite, 2 further beds, shower, study/bedroom, kitchen, 2 receps, garden, garage. £600,000; West Wales Properties
Suffolk: The Watermill, Ixworth
Handsome 17th century mill house with 3 acres overlooking a mill pond; the property includes an unconverted white-washed timber watermill. 5 beds, 2 baths, kitchen, 3 receps, garden, outbuildings, parking. £1.55m; Inigo
Hampshire: Durford Mill House, Petersfield
Bucolic mill house by the River Rother. 5 beds, 2 baths, kitchen, 3 receps, 1-bed annexe, indoor swimming pool, garden, garage. £2.35m; Winkworth
The Week
Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.
Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
Essex: Blue Mills, Woodham Walter
Elegant Georgian mill house set in landscaped grounds of 3.3 acres. 6 beds, 3 baths, kitchen, 5 receps, garden, workshop, garage. £1.5m; Strutt & Parker
Somerset: Hornblotton Mill, Alford
Fully modernised 15th century property located on the banks of the River Brue. Main suite, 3 further beds (1 en suite), family bath, kitchen/ dining room, 2 receps, 1-bed annexe, garden, garage. £1.895m; Lodestone Property
Cumbria: Pennybrig, Old Hutton
A modern, reimagined former corn mill close to the Lake District and set in mature gardens adjoining the Peasey Beck. Main suite, 3 further beds, family bath, kitchen, 2 receps, conservatory, garden; £1.05m, H&H
West Sussex: Runcton Mill, Chichester
This 17th century Grade II former mill is in an idyllic waterside setting of 2.3 acres. Main suite, 4 further beds (3 en suite), family bath, kitchen/ breakfast room, 2 receps, garden, workshop, garage. £2.4m; Strutt & Parker
A free daily email with the biggest news stories of the day – and the best features from TheWeek.com
Devon: Beenleigh Manor Farm, Harbertonford
A striking medieval manor with a range of stone buildings including a converted mill. Available whole or in lots, with 150 acres of woodland and pasture. 9 beds, 3 baths, kitchen, 4 receps, garden, outbuildings, garage. £2.75m; Luscombe Maye
-
China’s single mothers are teaming upUnder the Radar To cope with money pressures and work commitments, single mums are sharing homes, bills and childcare
-
Employees are branching out rather than moving up with career minimalismThe explainer From career ladder to lily pad
-
‘It is their greed and the pollution from their products that hurt consumers’Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
-
Jane Austen lives on at these timeless hotelsThe Week Recommends Here’s where to celebrate the writing legend’s 250th birthday
-
‘Mexico: A 500-Year History’ by Paul Gillingham and ‘When Caesar Was King: How Sid Caesar Reinvented American Comedy’ by David Margolickfeature A chronicle of Mexico’s shifts in power and how Sid Caesar shaped the early days of television
-
Homes by renowned architectsFeature Featuring a Leonard Willeke Tudor Revival in Detroit and modern John Storyk design in Woodstock
-
Film reviews: ‘Hamnet,’ ‘Wake Up Dead Man’ and ‘Eternity’Feature Grief inspires Shakespeare’s greatest play, a flamboyant sleuth heads to church and a long-married couple faces a postmortem quandary
-
May your loved ones eat, drink and be merry with these 9 edible Christmas giftsThe Week Recommends Let them eat babka (and cheese and licorice)
-
We Did OK, Kid: Anthony Hopkins’ candid memoir is a ‘page-turner’The Week Recommends The 87-year-old recounts his journey from ‘hopeless’ student to Oscar-winning actor
-
The Mushroom Tapes: a compelling deep dive into the trial that gripped AustraliaThe Week Recommends Acclaimed authors team up for a ‘sensitive and insightful’ examination of what led a seemingly ordinary woman to poison four people
-
10 concert tours to see this winterThe Week Recommends Keep cozy this winter with a series of concerts from big-name artists