Caudwell's Mill Craft Centre ( 4 pages)

Rowsley, Bakewell, Derbyshire DE4 2EB Tel: 01629 733185 web:

www.caudwellsmillcraftcentre.co.uk

The Craft Centre

Grain Store Craft shop
Jewellery, Pottery, Wood,
Home and Garden, Books,
Bags, Scarves, Knitwear,
Toys, Games, Textiles and
Gifts.

Country Parlour Cafe

Scrumptious daily changing
menu, all prepared and
cooked in our own kitchen,
even the bread rolls.

Free admission to the site, Craft

Centre and craft workshops
*The Craft Centre is open daily from:

Upholstery/Restoration

10.00am - 5.30pm

Sad sofas and chairs, all

brought to life again!

Wildlife Artist
Acclaimed landscape and
wildlife painter, Helen Clark,
will accept commissions and
provide you with a true to life
portrait of your pets too.

(last entry to the cafe is at 5.00pm).

Welcome to the Caudwell's Mill

Craft Centre on line brochure. We
hope you will find much of interest
here and we look forward to meeting
you and your family when you visit
this beautiful area, on the edge of
the Peak district National Park.

* Closed 24th, 25th & 26th December.

The Craft workshops times may vary
Admission charge to the Flour Mill Museum
(last entry to the Mill is 4.15pm)

Glass Studio
Joy and Darrell Greenhalgh
fuse 18ct gold and other precious metals into glass to
create stunning wall art or
sculptures. Inspired by the
beautiful surroundings at
Caudwell's Mill Craft Centre

Blacksmith
Robert Brown will accept
commissions for historic
buildings, cottages and
homes for all forge work.
Rams head pokers, Suffolk
latches and door furniture are
always for sale.

Stonemason
Anything you require in stone
can be provided by Mark
Eaton, master craftsman

When visiting Caudwells Mill Craft Centre, you can take a look at the resident artists and
craftspeople and get a glimpse of the exciting work they produce and sell here. The
'Cafe 'has a delicious menu and fabulous views and the 'craft shop' has a varied and
unique range of jewellery, gifts and crafts
Our craft centre is set in the most beautiful surroundings and the relaxing and informal
atmosphere make it a very pleasant place for an interesting day out. Whether you are
just stopping to shop and have a coffee with friends or planning a family day trip, taking
in the Mill and workshops, you will enjoy a friendly welcome and marvel at the stunning
Derbyshire countryside.
The Flour Mill Museum has five floors of fascinating machinery to explore.
Free visitor parking in our own car park just off the A6 between Matlock and Bakewell
(follow the heritage brown signs). More parking is to be found in the public car park 200
yards away on the A6
We are happy to welcome your well behaved dog in our stone flagged Country Parlour
but unfortunately, not in the flour Mill Museum or flour selling shop.
Caudwells Mill Craft Centre is near to Haddon Hall and Chatsworth House.

Grain Store Crafts

Built in 1908 to store sacks of grain for flour milling, this huge wooden framed building is
home to an unrivalled collection of crafts and gifts. The sympathetic conversion, inspired
choice of unusual and affordable gifts and the relaxed ambience all create a magnet for
discerning customers from far and wide.

Here you will find jewellery, pottery, preserves, natural body soaps etc. books, frames
and photograph albums. cards, accessories and hand knitwear jostling for space
amongst cutlery, tableware and soft furnishings, toys and lots of pocket money goodies.
Our garden decorations, bug and bird boxes are a great success and both men and
women will enjoy browsing through the walking books, maps and interesting gadgets.
Established almost thirty years
ago and a success from the
beginning, our craft shop now
sees customers children with
children of their own visiting to
enjoy the peace of non high
street shopping. We are a family
business and proud of our tradition of great customer service.

www.caudwellsmillcraftcentre.co.uk

Caudwells Country Parlour

Established in 1987 the caf has a well deserved reputation for fantastic, home cooked food. Everything, even the bread, is cooked in
our busy kitchen by creative cooks committed to fresh, and wherever
possible, fair trade produce. We recycle and compost waste, attempting to be ethical in all things. We serve vegetarian and vegan food.
Fair trade cappuccino, latte, speciality teas, cakes, scones and gateaux, lunches fit for a miller and cream teas are available in a relaxed
atmosphere. The views are tremendous. Wagtails bob, Dippers may
be seen feeding their young and Kingfishers streak along the mill race
to the delight of diners.
The building was constructed using wood from an old Scottish corn
mill and the seating, tables and counter came from a local church.
The floor started life in a Derbyshire cellar, completing the beautiful
and evocative interior.
Fads may come and go but good wholesome (and sometimes very
naughty) food will always be at the heart of Caudwells Country Parlours menu. Generous portions, friendly, relaxed atmosphere and
great food may always be found, every day throughout the year.

Five a day the Country Parlour way!

Just some of our very efficient final recycling team!

Greenhalgh studio glass

The Glass studio/workshop of long established makers Joy and
Darrell Greenhalgh is housed in the stables court yard.
Each piece is designed and hand crafted in a vibrant fusion of
richly coloured glass and precious metals. Joy and Darrell Greenhalgh are inspired by the studio's rural, unspoilt, surroundings; the
work captures the true essence of nature in the purest glass. Dynamic and fascinating, their work has it's own luminosity, depth
and freedom.
The glass studio offers the opportunity to view many pieces in the
workshop and 'meet the makers'. Their work is in collections
around the world and they undertake commissions for public
places, private homes and for special occasions.
Contact them on 01629 735634 / 01773 520671
A Tree Triptych with 24ct gold By Joy Greenhalgh

www.greenhalghglass.co.uk

Helen Clark
Born in Derbyshire, Helen Clark studied drawing with Brian Edwards, perfecting her technique before opening her own Gallery.
The Helen Clark Gallery is located in the old engine house where the steam wagons were
once kept. Here, Helen creates thrilling wildlife canvases and has a great understanding of
her subjects. She captures forever, the illusive quality found in all wild creatures. From
hares to wolves, big cats to kittens, domestic pets and horses her interest is endless. She
works in all mediums and is a long standing member of the prestigious 'Society of Feline of
Artists'.
Helen Clarks paintings are prized in America and Europe and her work may be found in
discerning homes all over the world.
Evocative Derbyshire landscapes are also available in Helen's original picture and print
Gallery.
Contact her on 01629 732638
www.gallery-derbyshire.co.uk

Robert Brown Blacksmith

It is fitting that a forge occupies one of the stable courtyard workshops - in
fact it is the building with the horse feeding troughs still intact. Although
Bob Brown, the blacksmith, is not a Farrier he displays the horse shoes he
has made. Bob began his working life, as so many in Derbyshire did
working for the mines. He served an apprenticeship and is grateful to the
skilled craftsman who taught him his trade.
Bob is happy in his work and makes beautiful weather vanes depicting the
animals of our rural countryside. Many homes, great and small, have a
Bob Brown creation on their chimney. However his most sought after work
are traditional and painstakingly accurate commissions for other craftsmen
involved in the refurbishment of listed buildings and older properties,
whose owners have an expert eye for detail.
The casual visitor to Caudwells Mill Craft Centre will find designs using
the Derbyshire Rams head in companion sets and individual pieces, both
aesthetic and practical. If you need a 'Suffolk latch', a 'T hinge' or a lantern
holder you will find them created in the furnace at the forge.
Contact him on 01629 732220

www.millforge.co.uk

Caudwell's Mill Flour Milling Museum

There has been a mill on this lovely river site since the
middle ages but our story begins in 1874 when John
Caudwell erected the present building. Powered by
water wheel and then a turbine, the mill provides a
unique opportunity to see the machinery and imagine
life in a rural Victorian flour mill.

Five floors of fascinating

machinery.
Site boards telling the
story of the Caudwell
family and the Flour Mill

The Craft Centre is free,

History of milling from

hand to water wheel to
modern turbine.
Flour shop where many
different kinds of flour is
sold. Unfortunately,
Caudwells Mill no longer
produces flour, the machinery is running at
demonstration speed.

There is a small admission charge to look around the

mill itself. Please contact 01629 734374 for more details.

www.caudwellsmillcraftcentre.co.uk

Lovely free patrons only

car park
Mill race nature ramble
Mill View coming from the car park
Ducks and swans, dippers, all kinds of birds
may be seen including
the elusive Kingfisher.
Lambs frolic in the
meadow in Spring and all
of these may be seen
from the Country Parlour
windows.

machinery inside the mill

See the sluice gates being opened to start the

mill machinery and the
waters rushing past the
pretty walk from the car
park when the Mill is shut
down.
Watch the wooden plansifter that used to grade
the flours, oats etc.
See the views from the
top floor and imagine the
Victorian bustle when
Caudwells Mill was in its
heyday.
Sample the cakes made
with flour specially milled
to be exactly the same as
that once produced by
the Flour Milling Museum

Just some of the ducks that wait patiently for the scraps
an for grain.
Please keep dogs on leaddont frighten the ducks!
Caudwells Mill and Craft Centre is in an idyllic location.
Almost an island, with the Rivers Wye and Derwent
running by. It is surrounded by lush meadows and
wooded hills but it is on the A6 and near to Matlock and
Bakewell, Chatsworth House, Haddon Hall and Matlock
Bath cable cars. The heights of Abraham, Gulliver's
Kingdom and the illuminations in Autumn are all within
a stones throw of Caudwells Mill and the Crich Tramway Museum and Cromford Mill are just along the A6.

Please visit us soon and see for yours elves just how much there is to enjoy!