The Mill is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 November 1952. Water mill, miller's house. 1 related planning application.
The Mill
- WRENN ID
- twelfth-basalt-nettle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Exmouth and Exeter East MP: David Reed (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 November 1952
- Type
- Water mill, miller's house
- Address
- The Mill, Stone Lane, Lympstone, EX8 5HD
- OS grid reference
- SX 994 840
- Coordinates
- 50.64705, -3.42408
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Mill is a water mill and miller's house located in Lympstone, dating from the early 19th century with later alterations. It is constructed of cob on stone footings and brick, with a plastered and pinkwashed finish, and features gabled-end slate roofs. The miller's house, situated to the left, consists of two adjacent parallel ranges that are at right angles and project forward from the mill itself on the right. This house includes a drying room and ovens used for processing malt, and it is powered by an overshot water wheel located at the right-hand end.
The mill has 19th-century openings, including two on the gable wall and one on the first floor of the wheel end, as well as single and two-light windows on the front, along with a delivery hatch on the first floor. The house has a twin gabled front adorned with wavy bargeboarding and spike finials. The range closest to the mill is likely the original structure, partly made of cob but extensively repaired with brick, featuring horned sash windows and 20th-century single-light casement windows. The other range is three storeys high and has a pantiled porch with horned sash windows.
Local climate
The Mill receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% 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 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% 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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