Langcliffe High Mill

{{Short description|Building in Langcliffe, North Yorkshire, England}}

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Langcliffe High Mill is a historic building in Langcliffe, a village in North Yorkshire, in England.

The watermill lies on the River Ribble.{{cite web |title=Langcliffe High Mill, Langcliffe |url=https://new.millsarchive.org/mills/index/?which=13185 |website=Mills Archive |access-date=9 April 2025}} It was originally built in 1784 as a cotton mill, for George and William Clayton and R. Walshman, and in about 1786 it was extended to the right.{{NHLE |num= 1316721|desc= Langcliffe High Mill, Langcliffe|access-date= 2 April 2025}} It was later converted to become a paper mill, and continued to produce paper until it closed in 2006. In 2024, it was put up for sale for £1.25 million.{{cite news |last1=Tate |first1=Lesley |title=Former paper mill near Settle goes on market for £1.25million |url=https://www.cravenherald.co.uk/news/24523555.former-paper-mill-near-settle-goes-market-1-25million/ |access-date=9 April 2025 |work=Craven Herald |date=16 August 2024}} The main building was grade II listed in 1977.

The mill is built of stone with a stone slate roof. The right block has six storeys and nine bays, and contains a blocked round-headed entrance. The roof has gable coping and a kneeler on the right. The left block has five storeys and 14 bays, the middle six bays projecting slightly. The windows in both blocks are casements with plain surrounds.{{cite book| last =Leach| first =Peter| last2 = Pevsner | first2 = Nikolaus | author2-link = Nikolaus Pevsner | series= The Buildings of England| title =Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North| publisher =Yale University Press | year =2009 | location =New Haven and London |isbn =978-0-300-12665-5}}

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