Stour Provost Mill is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1984. Mill, cottage.
Stour Provost Mill
- WRENN ID
- sombre-lancet-mint
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 June 1984
- Type
- Mill, cottage
- Address
- Stour Provost Mill, Mill Lane, SP8 5RX
- OS grid reference
- ST 790 215
- Coordinates
- 50.9927, -2.29919
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Stour Provost Mill is a building that has been converted into a cottage, likely dating from the early 19th century. It is constructed of coursed rubble and features a half-hipped, tiled roof. The structure has one and a half storeys and includes casement windows with leaded lights set beneath wooden lintels. There is a plain door situated under an open porch. A notable feature of the mill is the cast-iron, breast shot mill-wheel, which is inscribed with 'Bourton 1889'.
Local climate
Stour Provost Mill receives an average of 830 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 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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