Morchard Mill is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 August 1987. A 19th century House.

Morchard Mill

WRENN ID
white-passage-snow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Mid Devon
Constituency
Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 August 1987
Type
House
Period
19th century
Address
Morchard Mill, Cruwys Morchard Mill Lane
OS grid reference
SS 889 127
Coordinates
50.90363, -3.58103
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Morchard Mill is a house dating from the early to mid 19th century, with a rear wing that is likely older. It is constructed from snecked local stone, with the rear wing partly plastered. The roof is slate, gabled at both ends, while the rear wing has a mix of slate and corrugated iron roofing. The building features projecting stone stacks at the ends, with diagonally-set paired brick shafts.

The house is designed in an L shape with modest Tudor details. The main range is single depth, two rooms wide, with a central entrance that likely faces the staircase. The rear left wing may predate the main range and serves partly as a service area and partly for storage. The structure is two storeys high and has a symmetrical three-bay front. This front includes a central gabled porch with ornamental bargeboards, a chamfered rounded outer doorway, and a panelled front door leading to the inner door. There are two first-floor gabled dormers with ornamental bargeboards and two-light casements featuring three panes per light, along with similar three-light casements on the ground floor.

On the rear elevation, there is a first-floor Tudor arched stair light with ornamental glazing. The rear wing has casement windows and a first-floor entrance on the left. Although the interior has not been inspected, it is reported to contain mill machinery. Morchard Mill is first documented in the 15th century according to Margaret C.S. Cruwys in her work "A Cruwys Morchard Notebook, 1066-1874" published in 1939.

Local climate

Morchard Mill receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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