Fiddleford Mill is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 October 1960. Watermill.
Fiddleford Mill
- WRENN ID
- over-sandstone-heron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 October 1960
- Type
- Watermill
- Address
- Fiddleford Mill, Calf Close Lane, Sturminster Newton
- OS grid reference
- ST 800 136
- Coordinates
- 50.92171, -2.28476
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Fiddleford Mill is a watermill that likely dates from the 18th century. It features rubble walls with ashlar quoins and a tiled roof with stone slate verges and gable ends. The building is two storeys high with an attic and has blocked openings that are topped with segmental brick arches. A central plank door is present, and to the right of this door is a reset black letter inscription dating from 1566. The mill also includes ashlar sluices and contains some machinery.
Local climate
Fiddleford Mill receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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