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| BU Number | BU0062 |
|---|---|
| Intensive Survey Zone | Karkotis |
| Village | Phlasou |
| Related BUs | BU0076 BU0075 |
| Easting | 489641.00 |
| Northing | 3879871.00 |
| Elevation | 339 |
| Source | GPS |
| BU Summary | Water mill, Phlasou. Two-tiered penstock in dressed ashlar with limestone quoins; archway in millrace. Two-tiered millhouse with beams and cane ceilings. |
| Location | Kato Phlasou village center |
| Length (m) | 41.00 |
| Width (m) | 3.26 |
| Height (m) | 10.00 |
| Levels | Multiple |
| Habitable | Yes |
| Occupied | No |
| Stability | II |
| Foundation | irregular basalt andlimestone chinking. |
| Walls | irregular basalt, river boulders, limestone chinking and quoins of limestone |
| Interior Plaster | corner quoins gypsum |
| Exterior Plaster | white lime traces under arch |
| Openings | round arch under leat |
| Ceiling | beams and cane |
| Floors | cement |
| Roofs | ottoman tile |
| Building Type | Water mill |
| Structure Type | basalt stone and limestone |
| Current Use | abandoned |
| Past Use | wheat grinding but also 'piestirio' - foundry? |
| Structure Name | Krommidhos mill |
| Special Features | Inscription over north upper millhouse door. Lower west pillar of penstock arch has inscribed basalt stone. Krommidos church north of Phlasou, and field localities may denote church ties at some time. |
| Moderations/Alterations | It became an olive press (piestirio) when Papapetros sold it. Concrete retaining walls of house around penstock. cemented upper edge of water channel and penstock interior.Corrugated metal on roof. |
| Description | Water enters stone channel (interior cemented) from a diversion in the village center, beside the public water fountain and storage tank and emerging from under house from stone arched opening of house on plot no. 289. Race bends at obtuse angle and leads water into penstock (hopper type) with rectangular water opening in dressed ashlar. Cemented stone overflow spout on left of channel before penstock. Race is 0.62 m wide and 0.48 m high. Water volume 0.62 x 0.48 m. Penstock in two visible tiers, but continues into back (east millstone wall). Dressed quoins in limestone ashlar at penstock edges and around arch enhance its lofty bearing. Mill house in two tiers. Upper tier north of penstock was flour mill. Millstones in place. Oblong openings in wall dividing flour mill from oil press allowed canvas belts to enter lower millhouse which has distinctive industrial early century machinery and brass and turquoise painted metal olive press. Thus, appart from flour mill it was also a 'piestirio'. Four lines of illegible writing on plaque below arch. Photos in private archive. |
| Ownership | Greek Cypriot |
| Owner | Papapetros, but he sold it |
| Period 1100 | No |
| Period 1601 | No |
| Period 1701 | No |
| Period 1801 | No |
| Period 1851 | No |
| Period 1901 | Yes |
| Period 1951 | No |
| Oral Information | Mr. Styllis, Evrichou miller. Mrs. Evroulla Hadjidemitriou of Phlasou. Krommidos owned one of the three alonia in the area, together with the other two related mills, Shaban Bey and Molos. She also said that the mill name came from their family planting a field of onions which they used the money from to buy the mill.TJI had a conversation with Mr Solon Hadjidemetriou in Phlasou on the 28 July 2003. He also said the Krommidhos Mill was bought by his great great grandmother from the profits of an onion field. He said the mill had already been very old. He also stated that he remembered the Molos and Shaben Bey mills in operation when he was a boy (he is 67 years), so they probably operated until after the WW2. He said that the Shaban Bey mill was famous aas the most productive and best mill in the area. He said that the voufa next to the mill stones of the Molos mill is unusual for the area, most millers raised their stones and caught the flour in a sack. (NB there is also a voufa in the Pano Koutrafas BU0096.) |
| Recorded By | SEZ |
| Recorded Date | 24/7/2001 00:00:00 |
| Entered By | SEZ |
| Entered Date | 29/7/2001 00:00:00 |