Lower Itchen Fishery own five of the old mill buildings at Gaters Mill and have spent the past 20 plus years totally renovating the buildings, and 2020 saw the end of the long needed refurbishment of the last mill building, The Arch Building at Gaters Mill. The building was derelict and at the point of collapsing in on itself with rotten floors and supporting beams, a failing roof structure and crumbling brickwork.
The mill building forms part of the entrance to the fishery and its refurbishment has greatly enhance the mill complex.
The final project is to completely restore the Arch Building, which is believed to be the oldest of all the mill buildings on the site, to provide top quality office accommodation on three floors and giving just over 2,300 sq ft of usable space. Great care has been taken to retain as many of the original features as possible with exposed brick walls and timber beams. The repair of the structure of the building has now been completed with a new roof, new floors, new windows and repaired brickwork.
The Clock House, Gaters Mill