Water Mill and Mill House is a Grade II* listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 July 1955. A C17 Watermill, mill house.

Water Mill and Mill House

WRENN ID
waning-dormer-swallow
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
West Suffolk
Constituency
Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket MP: Dr Peter Prinsley (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 July 1955
Type
Watermill, mill house
Address
Water Mill and Mill House, Thetford Road, Ixworth
OS grid reference
TL 927 710
Coordinates
52.30415, 0.82565
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Water Mill and Mill House is a disused watermill and mill house dating from the 18th century. It stands three storeys tall with an attic, constructed from timber framing and weatherboarding, and features a slate roof. The east end has a lucam, and the building includes small-paned sash windows set in flush frames. Inside, there is a cast iron breast shot water-wheel and three pairs of underdriven stones. The machinery is largely intact, with the exception of the east iron stone nuts, which are made of wood. The timber supporting the base of the upright shaft is marked with 'I.Lowe - 1800', indicating the date of the machinery; John Lowe was the miller during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, as noted in parish records at the Record Office in Bury St. Edmunds.

The Mill House, which is adjacent to the west side of the Watermill, dates from the early 17th century and has been altered over time. It is two storeys high, timber-framed, and plastered, with a red brick tumbled gable on the south side that is partly obscured by a later extension. The roof is covered with black glazed pantiles, and there is an internal chimney stack. The Mill House features late 19th-century casement windows with a single glazing bar, while the north gable facing the road has two small-paned sash windows in flush frames.

Local climate

Water Mill and Mill House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% 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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