Former Watermill Immediately North East of Flour Mill House is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 November 1986. Watermill.

Former Watermill Immediately North East of Flour Mill House

WRENN ID
unlit-baluster-reed
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 November 1986
Type
Watermill
Address
Former Watermill Immediately North East of Flour Mill House, Witchampton Lane
OS grid reference
ST 990 062
Coordinates
50.85553, -2.01517
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The former watermill, located immediately northeast of Flour Mill House, dates from the early 19th century. It features brick walls and a slate roof with bargeboards at the verges. The building has two storeys and a loft. The elevation facing the road includes two ground floor casements with cast iron glazing set under gauged arches, and four similar casements on the first floor. The south gable end has a pair of part glazed ledged doors on the ground floor, with a part glazed door above it, which shows the remains of a loading platform. In the loft, there is one casement with cast iron glazing. On the west side, there is a brick wheel pit that contains the remains of a waterwheel.

Local climate

Former Watermill Immediately North East of Flour Mill House receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 21 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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