Sawmill is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 August 1993. Mill.

Sawmill

WRENN ID
lost-tower-bramble
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Shropshire
Constituency
South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 August 1993
Type
Mill
Address
Sawmill, Bromfield
OS grid reference
SO 481 767
Coordinates
52.38616, -2.76339
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The building is a sawmill dating from the mid-19th century, with some 20th-century additions. It is constructed from dressed stone and brick, topped with a plain tile roof and features a brick stack at the rear. The sawmill has an L-shaped plan and is a single storey with a three-window range. The windows are tripartite wood mullion style, fitted with cast-iron lattice glazing, and have stone sills and ashlar lintels, along with shouldered drip courses. There is a later porch hood supported by curved brackets that provides access to a stone basement, which has various lights and openings. The gables have double doors set under segmental arches, topped with spike finials. The rear of the building includes a wheelhouse made of battened stud boarding, a plain tile roof with ornamental barge-boards and a pendant finial, a plain light to the right, and a tripartite light to the left under a shouldered drip course, both featuring cast-iron lattice lights. There is also an opening in the dressed stone basement. Inside, the original wheel has been removed due to conversion to electricity in the early 20th century, but the sawmill still retains its racksaw and shafting. This building is included for its group value, forming a group with the Cornmill, Bridge over the Teme, and Weir.

Local climate

Sawmill receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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