Merton Abbey Mills: The Wheelhouse

Overview

A pottery shop and historial site that holds children's workshops for making pottery. The Wheel is fully restored and in working order and dates from 1885, though there were previous mills on the same site for hundreds of years before then. The wheel turns every weekend during the market. Libertys used it for rinsing the gum off the printed silk, and inside you can still see the spools it powered. Nowadays the Wheelhouse is a pottery, and the wheel is used to turn the potters wheel, the only one in the country directly driven by water power. It also generates electricity and powers other machinery including a lathe and its own self-lubricating device. The Wheelhouse is maintained by the volunteers of Wandle Heritage Ltd, a charitable company supported by The London Borough of Merton.

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Merton Abbey Mills: The Wheelhouse

Address

Merantun Way
Merton Abbey Mills

London

SW19 2RD

Telephone:

+44 (0)20 8647 0076

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