Zara Indian Restaurant, the Mayland Mill
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Zara Indian Restaurant, the Mayland Mill
Image: © Stefan Czapski Taken: 11 Jun 2016
Perhaps an unexpected use for a listed building in a rural situation. The building certainly appears extremely smartly kept. According to the listing, the building started off as a row of cottages before becoming a pub. http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-117400-the-mayland-mill-public-house-mayland-es#.V12gTCghzo4 How the 'mill' name came about remains a puzzle. If I'm right, then the building once stood much closer to the roadway. What seems to have happened is that the road has been re-aligned - a sharp bend being replaced by a curve of greater radius. Elsewhere, the ironing-out of a bend often means the old roadway is left to serve as a lay-by. Here, it provides an access road and parking space for the restaurant.
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