Hembury Mill is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. Grist mill. 7 related planning applications.
Hembury Mill
- WRENN ID
- gilded-glass-alder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Grist mill
- Address
- Hembury Mill, Askerswell, DT2 9EN
- OS grid reference
- SY 525 931
- Coordinates
- 50.73566, -2.67347
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Hembury Mill is a grist mill dating from the early 19th century. It is constructed of limewashed stone rubble with a Welsh slate roof featuring gabled ends. The building is rectangular in plan, with a water wheel on the east side and outshuts attached to the north and south sides.
The south front has an outshut with a lean-to slate roof to the left, and a loading doorway to the right. The north elevation features outshuts with lean-to slate and corrugated-iron roofs. A large iron undershot water wheel is situated on the east side. Hembury Mill Cottage is attached to the west side.
Internally, the floors are supported by timber beams and joists, and the roof features a staggered tenoned-purlin structure. Original mill machinery remains in situ, including millstones, grain bins, and sack hoists. Hembury Mill is a good example of a small grist mill, retaining its 19th-century machinery.
Local climate
Hembury Mill receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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 — 1 transaction since 2003
- Related listed building consents — 7 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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