Mill at Temple Mill Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 November 2003. Water mill. 3 related planning applications.

Mill at Temple Mill Farm

WRENN ID
vast-turret-moth
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cherwell
Constituency
Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 November 2003
Type
Water mill
Address
Mill at Temple Mill Farm, Sibford Ferris, OX15 5DA
OS grid reference
SP 345 363
Coordinates
52.02413, -1.49758
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Mill at Temple Mill Farm is a water mill built in 1830, constructed from limestone rubble with stone and red brick dressings. The left-hand bay is made of red brick. It has slate roofs and stands three storeys tall, featuring an enclosed overshot water wheel that occupies two storeys. The exterior includes flush stone storey bands above the windows on the first and second floors, with incised keystones. The ground floor has a replaced vertically boarded door and a three-light timber casement window to the left. On the first floor, there are fixed-light four-pane windows, with an external fly wheel above the left window. The left bay, made of red brick, formerly housed a wheel that has since been removed; it has a 20th-century sliding door and a fixed-light four-pane casement window on the first floor. There is a single window at the upper level within the brick gable end, which is a two-light, small-paned, metal-framed casement. The rear elevation features an arched stone window opening with brick reveals, and to its right is the fly wheel. To the left, high in the eaves, is a narrow light.

Inside, the mill has floors with trap doors and ladder stairs connecting the ground and first floors. The hoist mechanism is still present at the upper levels, along with grain bins and chutes. Detached paddles and other timber and iron machinery are stored in the roof space. The date of construction is indicated by a date stone on the front of the building that reads "DS 1830." The brick extension to the left, likely built in the mid-19th century, would have housed an enclosed wheel to replace an external one. A steam engine was later installed to power the mill during low water levels. The mill farm has been owned by the Sabin family since around 1800 and operated as a mill until approximately 1960, when it was converted to livestock use. This mill is one of the principal structures in the farm complex.

Local climate

Mill at Temple Mill Farm receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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