Listed Building record TQ 63 NE 246 - Furnace Mill, Lamberhurst

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
LAMBERHURST FURNACE LANE TQ 6636-6736 (north side) 8/159 Furnace Mill, walls and outbuildings attached GV II
(1)

Early/mid 18th century mill. Documentary evidence suggests it has been a corn mill since at least the mid-19th century and it is uncertain if this specific building ever had an iron-working function (though stonework in the south wall of the mill and in the wheel pit may indicate an earlier structure). Although little of the mill's machinery survives, its function is revealed by the survival of two of the millstones, the timber hurst which supported them, the hatch and wheel for the sack hoist and the wheel pit. Nearby earthworks related to the mill’s water supply, and remnants of the brick walls of the head race, provide evidence for how the mill was used. (2)

A 2018 evaluation to the south-east of the building revealed deposits relating to the post-medieval mill leat and its later recutting. (3)

<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

<2> Archaeology South-East, 2018, Furnace Mill and Oasthouse, Hook Green, Lamberhurst, Kent, TN3 8LH, Historic building record (Unpublished document). SKE53330.

<3> Archaeology South-East, 2019, Archaeological Evaluation Report, Land at Heartenoak Road, Hawkhurst, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE52319.