Gomshall Mill and Vera Lloyds Antiques is a Grade II listed building in the Guildford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 May 1985. Mill, shop. 3 related planning applications.

Gomshall Mill and Vera Lloyds Antiques

WRENN ID
stark-chalk-pine
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Guildford
Constituency
Godalming and Ash MP: Sir Jeremy Hunt (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 May 1985
Type
Mill, shop
Address
Gomshall Mill and Vera Lloyds Antiques, Station Road, Shere, GU5 9LB
OS grid reference
TQ 085 478
Coordinates
51.21946, -0.44727
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Gomshall Mill and Vera Lloyds Antiques is a building that combines a house and barn, which was converted into a mill in the 19th century and is now used as a restaurant and shop. The original core of the structure dates back to the 17th century, with extensions added to the ends in the early 19th century. The front features a timber frame with painted weatherboard cladding, while the ends are made of sandstone rubble and brick, and the rear is whitewashed. The roofs are plain tiled and extend down in a pentice over the mill race bridge.

The cottage and shop on the left end are two storeys high, featuring a plat band above the ground floor and an end stack on the left. There are two three-light casement windows on the first floor and two ground floor casements with cambered heads. A central ribbed door provides access.

The centre section is one storey with an attic, featuring two gabled casement dormers, with the right one positioned over the mill race and lower than the left. There are two windows on the ground floor. A gabled single-storey wing projects to the left of centre, with a door on the left side. To the front right, there is a gabled range that is one storey and has an attic, which includes one attic casement window and two ground floor windows, along with a stable-style door in a porch at the right end. There are also 20th-century extensions set back to the right, constructed in matching brick and painted weatherboard.

Gomshall Mill is particularly notable for its long and low profile, as well as for having two waterwheels. The current machinery was supplied in 1839 when the mill was converted from an undershot type to an overshot type.

Local climate

Gomshall Mill and Vera Lloyds Antiques receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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