South Mill is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 1984. Watermill. 1 related planning application.
South Mill
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-spindle-finch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 October 1984
- Type
- Watermill
- Address
- South Mill, Boniford Cross, Stockland, EX14 9ES
- OS grid reference
- ST 242 020
- Coordinates
- 50.81325, -3.07602
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
South Mill is an 18th-century watermill and millhouse located in Stockland Boniford. It is constructed from stone rubble with a slate roof and stone coping to the gable ends. The building is two storeys high and has a three or four window front. It features two and three-light casement windows with glazing bars, and a plank door set within a stone porch with a slate roof on the right-hand side. A rebuilt brick chimney stack is located at the east end. The mill itself is positioned at the left or west end, with a wide entrance at the front and an overshot wheel at the rear, north side, containing the original mill machinery.
Local climate
South Mill receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2021
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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