Renovating Jopes Mill

Here you can see some photos of the work as it progressed in the mill. At the bottom of the page is a list of the amazing people who helped us with this.

The mill room (dining room) and patio

The dining room will feature the original mill workings.

We have kept the original beams but boarded and plastered in between them, We found an old fire place and Phil Bennett, our wonderful plasterer, worked his magic restoring the lime plaster around it.

DIgging out the new patio

The mill was built on a hill and the back wall was underground and damp. We dug out behind it and found the original retaining wall. Lots of work - but the wall is drying out!

The kitchen

... and on the inside (it will be the kitchen) we stripped off all the cement render so that it can breathe. (The farmer who put in the cow stalls knew how to make hard cement!)

Starting to fit the kitchen.

The back wall is now waterproofed and the plastering is nearly finished and the ceiling ready for plaster - almost ready for kitchen installation.

The Stairs

The space for the new staircases

Beautiful new staircase by F D Hall - ground to first floor

First to second floor

First floor landing

Lounge

The lounge features the original grinding stones and the post from the mill workings on the floor below.

We have kept the original beams but boarded and plastered in between them. (Masking tape still on!). You can see one of the stones - the other is on the near side of the post.