Mill Approximately 20 Metres North West of Cawsey's Meethe Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 October 1988. Water mill. 3 related planning applications.
Mill Approximately 20 Metres North West of Cawsey's Meethe Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- ragged-wall-auburn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 October 1988
- Type
- Water mill
- OS grid reference
- SS 677 227
- Coordinates
- 50.98923, -3.88601
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This building is a water mill located approximately 20 metres north-west of Cawsey's Meethe Farmhouse. It is probably from the late 18th century, with the year 1796 carved on a beam, and was remodelled and extended in the early to mid 19th century. The mill is constructed of unrendered stone rubble and has a slate roof with gable ends.
The mill features two undershot water wheels, one on each side of the leat, and the main mill building straddles the leat, with storage and granary facilities in a single cell plan on either side. The original core of the mill appears to be the left-hand section, while the right side and the extension over the leat were added in the 19th century. The stone floor, which has provisions for one set of millstones, is located over the right-hand section, with a loft floor above the left side.
The exterior is largely covered in ivy, but there seem to be two shuttered windows on each floor and a plank door at the right end. There is a cambered arched lintel at the entrance to the leat, and a loft door is located above the plank door at the left gable end.
Inside, there are two undershot wheels; the earlier wheel, possibly from the late 18th century, is on the left and is made of timber, while the 19th-century wheel is on the right. Both wheels, along with the gearing and sluice arrangement, are largely intact, although the millstones have been removed. The hopper arrangement survives in the left-hand section, which has "IH 1796" carved on the cross ceiling beam.
Local climate
Mill Approximately 20 Metres North West of Cawsey's Meethe Farmhouse receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% 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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