Town Mill and Circular Weir to North West is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 January 1974. Mill. 3 related planning applications.
Town Mill and Circular Weir to North West
- WRENN ID
- vast-bastion-hawk
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 January 1974
- Type
- Mill
- Address
- Town Mill and Circular Weir to North West, Mill Street, Ottery St. Mary, EX11 1GT
- OS grid reference
- SY 094 953
- Coordinates
- 50.75052, -3.28474
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Town Mill and Circular Weir, located on Mill Street, were likely built around 1790, coinciding with the construction of the nearby Factory, on the site of earlier mills. The mill is a four-storey structure made of red brick and features a slate roof and casement windows. At the rear, where the leat runs, the gable end is adorned with a moulded stone finial. A notable feature is the "tumbling" weir, which consists of a large iron ring with a smaller ring inside it. Water from the leat that is not needed for the mill flows over the outer ring, and when that fills, it drains into the inner ring, which has a hole at the bottom that directs the water into the River Otter. Although the mill is no longer used for grinding, it retains an unusually large upright shaft and spur wheel. All the listed buildings on Mill Street are part of a group.
Local climate
Town Mill and Circular Weir to North West receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2021
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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