Mill At Temple Mill Farm

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.