The Saxon Mill is a former mill at Guy's Cliffe, Warwickshire, England, situated about one mile northeast of the town of

Warwick Warwick ( ) is a market town, civil parish and the county town of Warwickshire in the Warwick District in England, adjacent to the River Avon, Warwickshire, River Avon. It is south of Coventry, and south-east of Birmingham. It is adjoined wit ...

. It is now a restaurant and bar. It is on the River Avon and it has a

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, 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

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listed building on the

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since 1951.

History

Saxon Mill water wheel -Warwickshire -20y08

Saxon Mill weir and footbridge -Warwickshire -20y08

The mill was originally called Gibbeclive Mill in the 12th century. It was the property of

St Mary's Abbey, Kenilworth The remains of St Mary's Abbey, of Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England are situated in the grounds of St Nicholas' Church and in an adjacent area of Abbey Fields. Some of its ruins are above ground and some are below ground. History A priory ...

and the Augustinian

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s 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. , the restaurant has a glass window cut-away in the floor where the water can be seen flowing under the building.

Places nearby

* Old Milverton * Milverton *

Leek Wootton Leek Wootton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Leek Wootton and Guy's Cliffe, in the Warwick district, in the county of Warwickshire, England, approximately south of Kenilworth and north of Warwick. It lies in t ...

* River Leam

References

The History of Guy's Cliffe
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External links

Official website
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