Saxon Mill

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Saxon Mill
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View across the car park from Coventry Road (A429)
Saxon Mill
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Location Guy's Cliffe, Warwickshire, England
Coordinates 52°18′03″N1°34′28″W / 52.3009°N 1.5744°W / 52.3009; -1.5744
OS grid reference SP 29127 67065
Built12th century
Original use Water-mill, miller's house, and warehouse.
Restored1822 (rebuilt)
1952 (restaurant conversion)
Current use Restaurant and bar
Website www.saxonmill.co.uk
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameThe Saxon Mill (Part of the Saxon Mill Restaurant)
Designated20 August 1951
Reference no. 1035176
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameThe Saxon Mill Restaurant
Designated11 April 1967
Reference no. 1035177
Listed Building – Grade II
Official namePunishment Stocks 3 Yards to South of the Saxon Mill
Designated23 January 1987
Reference no. 1364952

The Saxon Mill is a former watermill, miller's house, and warehouse at Guy's Cliffe, in Warwickshire, England. It is situiated on the Coventry Road (A429) about one mile northeast of the town of Warwick. It is now a restaurant and bar. It is on the River Avon and it has a water wheel, although a larger waterwheel has gone. At the rear of the mill, there is a pedestrian footbridge and weir crossing the River Avon towards Old Milverton. The building has been designated as a Grade II listed building on the National Heritage List for England since 20 August 1951.

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History

The mill was originally called Gibbeclive Mill in the 12th century. It was the property of St Mary's Abbey, Kenilworth and the Augustinian canons until the Dissolution of the Monasteries. It was rebuilt in 1822. It was a working mill until 1938, and it was converted into a restaurant and bar in 1952. As of 2008, the restaurant has a glass window cut-away in the floor where the water can be seen flowing under the building.

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