Shepton Mallet: Darshill House
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Shepton Mallet: Darshill House
Image: © Martin Bodman Taken: 2 Mar 2009
A watermill, now converted and known as Silkmill Barn, is out of shot to the left. It was previously Middle Mill, Darshill. In this shot, to the right of Darshill House, by the Shepton-Wells road – constructed in 1851-1853 – is a ‘handle house’ with apertures in the brickwork, where teazles were dried. Teazles were used to raise the knap on woollen cloth, prior to shearing, in the days when Middle Mill was fulling cloth, prior to its conversion to a silk mill in the 19th century. The river Sheppey runs in the foreground
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Image Location
Latitude
51.192939
Longitude
-2.56821