Littleton Mill is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 October 1976. A C18 Water mill. 1 related planning application.

Littleton Mill

WRENN ID
last-pedestal-foxglove
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 October 1976
Type
Water mill
Address
Littleton Mill, Littleton Mill Lane, Semington, BA14 6LQ
OS grid reference
ST 912 606
Coordinates
51.34479, -2.12724
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Littleton Mill is a water mill that has been converted into a dwelling. It dates from the 18th century and was rebuilt in the early 1800s. The building is constructed from coursed rubble stone and features a shallow-pitched hipped roof covered with Welsh slate. The southeast gable end has a 20th-century entrance, and there are 20th-century casement windows with square hoodmoulds on both the ground and first floors. The northeast front, which faces the mill race, also has three 20th-century casements with hoodmoulds. The rear and northwest gable end have similar 20th-century casements.

While the interior was not accessible during the survey, it has been converted into a dwelling since the building was listed in 1976, and the interior has been remodeled. Originally, the mill operated as a woollen fulling mill before being converted to a corn mill in 1887, and it continued to mill barley until 1976.

The mill is historically significant due to its association with a machine-breaking riot in 1802, during which the woollen mill was burned down. Thomas Hellicker, a shearman from Trowbridge, was hanged in 1803 for alleged arson, but his probable innocence has made him a hero in the history of Wiltshire's industrial workers.

Local climate

Littleton Mill receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% 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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