Poughill Mill is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. Watermill. 2 related planning applications.
Poughill Mill
- WRENN ID
- unlit-wall-holly
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Watermill
- Address
- Poughill Mill, Bude-Stratton, EX23 9JY
- OS grid reference
- SS 231 074
- Coordinates
- 50.83945, -4.51369
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Poughill Mill is a watermill dating from the early 19th century. It is constructed of stone rubble with a slate roof featuring gabled ends. The mill incorporates an overshot wheel and stands three storeys high with a single window on the front elevation. A double timber door is set within the left gable end, providing access. A two-light timber opening, protected by a timber lintel, is positioned on the first floor. The wheel pit retains a high surrounding wall, and the iron framework of the wheel itself remains largely intact. The side of the mill facing the wheel contains two two-light openings on the first floor, with one featuring timber casements and vertical glazing bars under a timber lintel. Two similar two-light timber openings are present on the second floor.
Inside, the ground floor incorporates ten old millstones. The horizontal gearing system is largely complete. The first floor retains two dressers with compartments used for grading grains. The second floor was not inspected. Poughill Mill was in commercial use as recently as 1948.
Local climate
Poughill Mill sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,090 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2002
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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