Dee Mill, Dee Lane

Dee Mill, Dee Lane is a Grade II listed building in Llangollen, Wales, recorded in Wikidata as a listed structure. The building is historically a water-powered corn mill on the River Dee, and it is now operated as The Corn Mill, a riverside pub and restaurant run by the pub group Brunning & Price. The official website for the pub describes the building's long milling history and its conversion into a hospitality venue, with the original water wheel still turning behind the bar and outdoor decks built over the mill race and rapids. The mill has been grinding flour for at least seven hundred years, according to the pub's own history page, and owes its foundation to the Cistercian monks of Valle Crucis. It is first mentioned in a 13th-century document dealing with a fishing dispute between the freemen of Llangollen and the Abbot. The building as it now stands was rebuilt in 1786 with three pairs of grinding stones and continued as a working mill until 1974. By the time it was found by Jerry and Graham, it was derelict and in danger of falling into the river. It was owned by a friend of Jerry's called Phil Brown, and the pub operators leased the mill from him for fifty years. The conversion was designed by architect Owain Evans and built by Read and Co., a local builder, after a lengthy planning process involving the planning authorities in Ruthin, a conservation officer, the local council, the Historic Mills people, the River Authority and CADW, the Welsh building conservation body. Today The Corn Mill operates as a Brunning & Price pub, serving fresh food and cask ales. The pub's menus have a spine of classic British dishes complemented by more exotic influences, and the website notes that menus are uploaded daily. The pub has been recommended in the Good Beer Guide in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012. Brunning & Price began in the North West and North Wales, now with a branch of the family in the South, each pub with its own style and flavour. The Corn Mill is part of that estate, located in Llangollen, an active small community that hosts the International Eisteddfod, a Fringe festival, hot air balloon festivals, jazz festivals, food weeks and international canoeing competitions.

The Corn Mill has been grinding flour for at least seven hundred years, and owes its foundation to the Cistercian monks of Valle Crucis. It is first mentioned in a 13th-century document dealing with a fishing dispute between the freemen of Llangollen and the Abbot. The building as it now stands was rebuilt in 1786 with three pairs of grinding stones, and continued as a working mill up until 1974. By the time Jerry and Graham came across it, it was derelict and in danger of falling into the river. It is owned by a friend of Jerry's called Phil Brown, and the pub operators leased the mill from him for fifty years. The conversion used architect Owain Evans and local builder Read and Co. Planning permission took years because of the building's importance. The planning authorities based in Ruthin thought the conversion to a pub/restaurant was a great idea and wanted it to go ahead. The conservation officer wanted the building restored to a mill. The local council did not want the thing at all, and there were also the Historic Mills people, the River Authority and CADW, the Welsh building conservation body, each with a different agenda. The building is recorded as a Grade II listed building in Llangollen. Today it operates as The Corn Mill, a Brunning & Price pub serving fresh food and cask ales, with the water wheel turning behind the bar and decks built over the mill race and rapids.

• First mentioned in a 13th-century document dealing with a fishing dispute between the freemen of Llangollen and the Abbot.

• The building as it now stands was rebuilt in 1786 with three pairs of grinding stones.

• Continued as a working mill up until 1974.

• Recommended in the Good Beer Guide in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012.

A historic Grade II listed former mill converted into a riverside pub and restaurant, part of the Brunning & Price group, offering fresh food and cask ales in a heritage setting.

• Fresh food menu

  Menus with a spine of classic British dishes complemented by more exotic influences from other parts of the world, uploaded to the website each day.

• Cask ales

  Cask ales served at the pub, recognised by Good Beer Guide recommendations.

1. 1Fresh Food & Cask Ales - The Corn Mill, Llangollen | Riverside Pub & Water Wheelbrunningandprice.co.uk
2. 2History of the pub - The Corn Mill, Llangollen | Riverside Pub & Water Wheelbrunningandprice.co.uk
3. 3mailinglistmanagement - Brunning & Price | Our Pubs & Storybrunningandprice.co.uk
4. 4Dee Mill, Dee Lanewikidata.org