Town Mill is a Grade II listed building in the New Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 February 1987. Mill.

Town Mill

WRENN ID
burning-chancel-gilt
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
New Forest
Constituency
New Forest West MP: Sir Desmond Swayne (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 February 1987
Type
Mill
Address
Town Mill, Fordingbridge
OS grid reference
SU 147 139
Coordinates
50.92503, -1.79192
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Town Mill is a mill that dates from the 18th century and was altered and extended in the 19th century. It is constructed of brick in Flemish bond and features an old plain tile and slate roof. The building is two storeys high with two bays, and it has a 2½ storey wide bay addition from the 19th century at one end, along with a 19th-century house at the other end, which is not included in the listing.

The front of the mill has a 19th-century bay on the right-hand side that houses an external Armfield of Ringwood cast-iron undershot wheel. At the left-hand end of the older section, there is a 19th-century plank door set in a solid frame, with a two-light casement window beside it and two additional casements in the other bay. On the first floor, there are large and small two-light casements in each bay, several S-shape tie plates, and a long iron plate above the centre bay windows. The right-hand bay features a nine-pane casement and has higher eaves.

Inside the mill, much of the machinery remains, and part of it is currently being restored. The mill race runs towards the older part of the building before turning at a right angle in front of the centre bay and the undershot wheel.

Local climate

Town Mill receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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