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House Mill
"Historic Grade 1 listed Tide Mill Museum open to visitors. Open 11am to 4pm every Sunday. To the end of November.The Millers House Café Open 11am – 4pm every Sunday for takeaway and seats indoors and outside. To the end of November.See our website for further details and any variations to these times."
Address: The Millers House Three Mill Lane , London E3 3DU, XGL, GB
Phone: 020 8980 4626
State: XGL
City: London
Zip Code: E3 3DU

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My visit to the House Mill 20/9/22 was when I walked around Three Mills Island - Green & park, and although not open weekdays, I intend to revisit when the museum and Millers House is open to the public on Sundays only from 1100am to 1600pm up to November. However, the House Mill was undergoing building restoration during my visit and I did manage to roam around the building from close quarters to obtain some photos. Structurally, an impressive Mill, robustly constructed adding to a picturesque scene on the River Lea and adjoining Bow Creek. Certainly a significant and prominent historic landmark worth visiting when exploring the Lea Valley. The C18th House Mill is situated on the River Lea, and is part of the Three Mills complex. The House Mill reputedly being the largest tidal Water Mill in the U.K., although the actual water mills have no longer been operational since 1940. Also it is a Grade 1 listed building, one of four Grade 1 listed buildings today that remain in the London Borough of Newham. The original tidal mill dates back to the Domesday Book 1086. The House Mill was built in 1776 by Daniel Bisson, but was rebuilt by Philip Metcalfe after fire damage in 1802. The Clock Mill built in 1817 by Philip Metcalfe. The House Mill from that period is what remains standing and seen of today. REVISITED: The House Mill on Sunday 9/10/22. A FANTASTIC AND VERY INTERESTING DAY! WELL WORTH THE VISIT FOR ANYONE WHO HAS A GENERAL INTEREST IN LONDON'S HISTORY BUT ALSO IN PARTICULAR OUR WATERMILLS AND WATERWAYS. A unique historical structure deep rooted and teeming with industrial industrial along this section of the River Lea. The House Mill retains a proud world record in being the largest Watermill of its kind in the world. My most grateful thanks goes to William The historian / curator of the House Mill, and also to the supporting staff of the Mill to David and Beverley... lovely teas Beverley and thank you! I thoroughly enjoyed my conversations with William and David, the most learned of English gentleman. They were so very interesting, and so very friendly with charm and humour. Please folks, try and make a date and head for this significant historical London and national world treasure. A spacious, clean welcoming canteen, toilets available, outside seating, souvenirs on sale, and a 'BRILLIANT ' guide tour for only £10 tea inclusive. The Mill at the time of visit currently undergoing restoration work....it needs all the financial support one could manage or offer. Disabled parking by the Mill. Open Sundays 11am to 4pm only until November. Best regards, Chris. ps. This picturesque hidden little corner of East London will surprisingly open anyone's eyes in my view...
Lovely spot for a coffee looked after by very friendly volunteers - the Madge Gill piece is visible in the garden at the back and the views of the willow tree across the river are very calmingVisited onWeekendWait timeNo wait
Volunteer run, there is an excellent cafe here with a nice outside area with seating. Great food and pleasant place to while away the day. The mill is fascinating and offers a glimpse of pre-industrial London, although the mills were actually active until 1940. Grain was processed here for Gin manufacture in Camberwell apparently. Renovation is ongoing and there is a long way to go but this is surely deserving of some serious cash to bring it back to something approaching its original state. Personally, i quite like its aged interiors.
When I suggested to my wife that we visit House Mill on National Watermill weekend I don't think that she was particularly impressed - but she loved it! We started in the cafe with really nice freshly made hummas and sun-dried tomato / beetroot sandwiches. Then had an excellent guided tour. There have been mills on the site for 1000 years. The present mill dates from the 1700's and first produced flour for bread sold in the City of London. It then became a gin distillery until a WW2 bomb destroyed the gin warehouse, but not the mill. Apparently it has been derelict for many years, but now has Grade I listed status and it is hoped it can be restored in the future. It is the largest tidal mill in the world. Open on Sundays in the summer.
Worth visiting as its an interesting tour even with our rather exhausted volunteer, the models help explain how it was used before a lot of the machinery was ripped out. Cafe a bit haphazard, but the coffee was good when it came.
Amazing tour with a very knowledgeable guide. Both the history and mechanics of the old mill are very interesting. Lovely lunch after at the cafe. Absolute gem!
Worth the 4 pounds entry, tour was very interesting and different to other things one can find in London.
What an unexpected and spectacular place. This is old London at its best. The industrial buildings are still mostly intact. Highly recommended!
My my what a TREAT the mill tour is extremely informative preserved Element of English history. we all know about the GIN HOUSE’S well here we’re it was mostly made. As well as the beginning of a striving local industry’s as a by-products. To top it all off as part of your £10 you get a free hot drink as well just the thing after walking to the top and back down again having a engaged conversation with the tour guild. I can highly recommend a slice of the LEMON DRIZZLE with a fresh mug or pot of tea. …… I feel the lemon drizzle need’s a review of it owe. Lemon drizzle cake as tangy as a freshly picked lemon on a warm summer day Moist, crumbly , zingy and crunchy Lemon topping a good 1-2 “” thick and only £2.00 ….. The nationalTrust could do with taking a day out at the mill too see what value for money all round is all about.
Historic element of English history. The House Mill lies on an island, known since the medieval period as Three Mills. The Domesday Book recorded Britain’s earliest known mills here in 1086, whilst the foundations of the current House Mill date back to 1380-1420. The mills provided flour for the local bakers of Stratford-atte-Bow who sold their bread in the City of London. A rare exception is recorded in 1588, the year of the Spanish Armada, when a gunpowder mill contributed to England’s war effort against Spain. With the advent of the Gin Craze in the 18th century, several entrepreneurs came together to put the mills to an altogether different use – as part of the Three Mills Distillery. With supply contracts to the Royal Navy, the company grew in success and had its own carpenters, coopers and even operated a large farm of pigs, fedon waste products. In 1776 the House Mill was built on the site of an earlier mill and between two houses, hence its name.The iconic Clock Mill, opposite, was rebuilt in 1817. There was also a third mill, a windmill, which survived until about 1840. In the early 19th century the distillery was owned by the Tory MP Philip Metcalfe, before its acquisition by J&W Nicholson & Co in 1872 which produced the once popular Lamplighter Gin and established a network of freehouses, many of which continue today. The House Mill ceased milling in 1941 after the area was bombed during the Second World War, but the Clock Mill continued to operate until 1952.
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