Watermill is a Grade II listed building in the West Lindsey local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 November 1985. Watermill.

Watermill

WRENN ID
buried-steeple-dale
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Lindsey
Constituency
Gainsborough MP: Sir Edward Leigh (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 November 1985
Type
Watermill
Address
Watermill, Main Street, Thoresway
OS grid reference
TF 190 982
Coordinates
53.46744, -0.20784
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This watermill, built in 1816 with later alterations around 1830 and in the 20th century, features colourwashed brick and a corrugated iron roof with decorated eaves, as well as pantiles. The mill building is two stories high with a single gabled bay on the left side, which has a plinth. There is a single doorway elevated above ground level, featuring a segmental head and a plank door, along with a small two-light window to the right. Above this, there is a rectangular opening with a wooden lintel and a plank door, flanked by single narrow brenthen lights. The west side of the building has five bays and is also two stories tall, with a central large double plank door and a wooden lintel, and a slightly projecting gabled bay to the right. Above are three shuttered openings with segmental heads. Attached to the right of the main front is a two-story, two-bay stable with a pantile roof, large double plank doors with a wooden lintel, a shuttered opening with a segmental head to the right, and a single shuttered opening above. Inside the mill building, there are two millstones in place, and the driving shaft remains intact under the road, connecting the mill building to the wheelhouse on the other side of the road.

Local climate

Watermill receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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