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Estimate for a water mill (Courtesy Badminton Estate D2700 QP4/5/2)

As well as erecting new buildings, older buildings had to be repaired and or modernised. This is part of an estimate for replacing the machinery in a water mill on the Badminton estate.  Accompanying documentation indicated that the water wheel was to be 2ft wide and 18ft in diameter (0.61m by 5m). The stones were to be 4ft 8ins (1.42m) in diameter and interestingly one was to be a composite ‘French’ stone and the other Welsh – presumably a one-piece solid stone. The total cost was £110 (£11000).