Raw Materials Store, Ropery and Finished Product Warehouse at Pymore Mills is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 December 1984. Mill building. 2 related planning applications.

Raw Materials Store, Ropery and Finished Product Warehouse at Pymore Mills

WRENN ID
vast-soffit-torch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 December 1984
Type
Mill building
Address
Raw Materials Store, Ropery and Finished Product Warehouse at Pymore Mills, Bridport, DT6 5PJ
OS grid reference
SY 470 946
Coordinates
50.7488, -2.75158
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Raw Materials Store, Ropery, and Finished Product Warehouse at Pymore Mills is a continuous range of mill buildings dating from around 1850, located at the north end of the site. The Raw Materials Store features coursed Lias stone walls and a slate roof with gable ends. It stands three storeys high with attics and is seven bays wide, with casement windows that have top-hung opening lights, all set under segmental arches made of large voussoirs. There are loading bays located at the center, and a central dormer bay with a gable that is corbelled out.

The middle section, known as the Ropery, is constructed from the same materials and has three gabled roofs with two valleys. This part is a single storey and is twelve bays long, featuring large mullion and transom cross windows, along with a round-headed doorway at the extreme right.

The left block, which is the westernmost section, is the Finished Product Warehouse, built with the same materials. It also has three storeys and attics, is five bays wide, and includes casement windows with stone cills. The central part of this elevation contains loading and unloading bays that run the full height. At the left end, there is an outshut made of rubble with a pentice slate roof, and an octagonal red brick chimney is located at the rear.

Local climate

Raw Materials Store, Ropery and Finished Product Warehouse at Pymore Mills 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 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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