Keats Mill is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1988. Mill.

Keats Mill

WRENN ID
rooted-courtyard-winter
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Devon
Constituency
Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 March 1988
Type
Mill
Address
Keats Mill, Yarcombe
OS grid reference
ST 260 125
Coordinates
50.90762, -3.05247
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Keats Mill is a small grist mill with a waterwheel, likely built around 1865, as indicated by the date on a nearby house. It is constructed from exposed local stone rubble and has a slate roof. The building is a small, single-cell structure facing east and is terraced into the hillside, with a disused mill leat on the left (south) side. A contemporary cartshed is located at the right (north) end. The mill stands two storeys high and features an irregular two-window front with original casements that contain rectangular panes of leaded glass, some of which have repairs. The front doorway is positioned to the right of centre and retains its original plank door. The gable-ended roof slopes down from the mill to the cartshed, which has an open end. On the left (south) side, there are remains of the cast iron-framed waterwheel, which was either breast shot or overshot, although the leat is now disused.

Inside, the mill is well-preserved, with plain original structural carpentry. The ground floor room has a stone flagged floor and houses the gearing. On the first floor, there is a single set of grindstones along with bins and other milling equipment. Keats Mill was last operational in 1944.

Local climate

Keats Mill 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 64% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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