Stoke Mill, Guildford

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Stoke Mill
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TypeWatermill
Location Guildford, Surrey
Coordinates 51°14′59″N0°34′15″W / 51.2498°N 0.5707°W / 51.2498; -0.5707
OS grid reference SU 998 510
Built1879
OwnerMcMullen and Sons
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Location of Stoke Mill in Surrey

Stoke Mill is a 19th century corn mill on the River Wey that has been converted into offices. It is situated off the Woking Road just north of Guildford town centre. It forms the centrepiece of a small group of buildings that includes the Grade II listed Stoke Mill House. [1]

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History

Domesday lists a mill at Stochae on the King's land. About 1635, Sir Richard Weston built the first paper mill in Surrey here. By 1740 it was also used for grinding corn. This was eventually replaced by a single story mill, with three pairs of stones, after the original was destroyed by fire in 1863. Papermaking ceased in 1869. [2] In 1879 a modern five-story brick built corn mill was constructed alongside and the older mill became a store. [3] In 1894 the new mill was converted to metal rollers to grind the corn and a water turbine had replaced the waterwheel by 1915. [4] The mill ceased working in 1957.

After a period of commercial use as a store and boatyard, [2] the building was converted to offices in 1989, initially for the Crown Prosecution Service, [5] and then occupied by the Surrey Advertiser Group [3] until 2020 when they moved out during the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2025, proposals were put forward to convert it into a pub. [6]

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Stoke Mill House

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References

  1. Historic England (1 May 1953). "Stoke Mill House (Grade II) (1190172)". National Heritage List for England .
  2. 1 2 3 Stidder, Derek (1990). The Watermills of Surrey. Buckingham: Barracuda Books. p. 87. ISBN   0-86023-480-0.
  3. 1 2 Crocker, Glenys, ed. (1991). A Guide to the Industrial Archeology of Surrey. Association for Surrey Archeology. p. 18.
  4. Hillier, Jack (1951). Old Surrey Water Mills (First ed.). London: Skeffington and Sons Ltd. p. 109.
  5. Wardle, Alan R (2003). The Wey Navigations. Guildford: Surrey Industrial History Group. p. 96. ISBN   0-9538122-2-7.
  6. Dalton, Emily. "Plans for pub at former local newspaper offices". BBC News. Retrieved 2 June 2025.