Packington Mill

1 On the stream running out of the Hall Pool into the Blythe is Packington Mill. There were 2 mills in the manor at Domesday and there are further mentions in C13, C16 and C17.
2 Two mills were recorded at Packington in the Domesday Survey. The mills are noted frequently as belonging to the Packington Hall Estate. Parts of the last mill on the site may well have dated back to the C17. The rear wall was constructed of massive sandstone blocks, and the rest of brick. After ending its working life in 1914 it stood complete until c1940 when much of the iron work was removed for scrap. Some years later the building collapsed, and much of the brick, timber and tiles was removed to repair other buildings on the estate. All that remains of the mill is a pile of overgrown rubble, though the waterwheel and parts of the gearing are visible. The waterwheel was overshot, measuring 4.6m in diameter by 2m wide. Additional information on the workings of the mill exist. At the opposite end of the mill from the existing waterwheel an earlier wheel is visible. When built the mill was served by a long leat from the upper lake, called the Great Pool, in Packington Hall Park. This leat served the earlier wheel. However, the park was landscaped by Capability Brown, who created a new lake known as Hall Pool. This lay close to the mill building and a short leat was cut to the site of the existing wheel.