The Factory is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 April 1952. Factory.
The Factory
- WRENN ID
- grim-pewter-kestrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 April 1952
- Type
- Factory
- Address
- The Factory, Mill Street, Ottery St. Mary
- OS grid reference
- SY 094 952
- Coordinates
- 50.75017, -3.28502
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Factory is a large red brick building constructed between 1788 and 1790, featuring good proportions. It has a parapet and a hipped slate roof. The entrance front has five windows, which are casements with glazing bars. On the south-west return, there are 16 windows, mainly sash with glazing bars still intact. The building includes a wooden doorcase with a hood fanlight and brick entrance drive piers topped with stone caps and orbs.
Originally built by Sir George Young as a serge factory at a cost of £40,000, it housed the largest water-wheel in England, which was removed about 75 years ago. The Factory is currently used for manufacturing electrical components. There is a reference to it in "Short Notes on Church and Parish of Ottery St Mary" by Rev S.W. Cornish, DD.
All the listed buildings in Mill Street form a group.
Local climate
The Factory 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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