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431: 385: 443: 411: 31: 397: 256: 263: 354:. From the 1930s, Laverstoke increasingly specialised in research and development in the fields of engineering, manufacture and security. Paper making ceased at the site in 1963, and in 1972, the site was taken over by Patterson Candy, a subsidiary company who used it for the manufacture of water treatment equipment. Portals were taken over by 338:, and the production of paper for currency and other secure uses would become the main use of the site. The site was expanded in 1842, and again in 1881, to allow for increased production. In 1860, new buildings, including the large India House, were built for a contract for the supply of paper for the 345:
By the start of the 20th century, Laverstoke had become old fashioned and inefficient in comparison to other mills. In a report of 1920, Sir William Portal commented ‘economy is a difficult word to introduce into Laverstoke Mills’. Instead, between 1920 and 1922, the company built a new mill,
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buildings: the Mill House, Mill Cottages, and the Glazing House. After a major refurbishment between 2011 and 2013, the mill is now the distillery and visitor centre for
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in 2010. The new owners refurbished the site, reusing existing buildings for distilling and a visitor centre, café, bar and shop. New
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is recorded as being on the site. The site was leased by Henry Portal in 1718 and converted into a paper mill, becoming part of the
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The River Test with shop and bar to left, visitor centre ahead, 2015
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Former wheel house and glazing house at Laverstoke Mill
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Watermill
Laverstoke
51°14′06″N 1°17′47″W / 51.2351°N 1.2964°W / 51.2351; -1.2964
OS grid reference
SU 49244 48641
Hampshire
Listed Building
1092686
Listed Building
1339658
Listed Building
1092687
Laverstoke Mill is located in Hampshire
paper mill
River Test
Laverstoke
Overton, Hampshire
Grade II listed
Bombay Sapphire
gin
Domesday Book
corn mill
Portals business
Bank of England
banknotes
Indian Rupee
Overton Mill
Overton
De La Rue

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