Louds Mill is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 January 1972. Industrial building.

Louds Mill

WRENN ID
ancient-cobble-clover
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 January 1972
Type
Industrial building
Address
Louds Mill, St Georges Road, Dorchester
OS grid reference
SY 708 903
Coordinates
50.71173, -2.41425
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Loud's Mill is a former cloth mill located on St George's Road, featuring a red brick range that stands three to four storeys high. The building has mostly three-light windows with small panes and segmental heads. The north end of the structure is dated 1779, while the south end dates to 1826. At the back, there is a projecting wing with a first-floor three-light bowed window. Adjacent to the north end is a charming stable building that includes a circular corn-store at one end. Although the water wheel has been removed, the site is now used as a sewage pumping station, stores, and three dwelling houses. The group of buildings is notable not only for its early industrial significance but also for its overall attractiveness.

Local climate

Louds Mill receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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