Town Mills Mill is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 March 1986. Water mill. 3 related planning applications.

Town Mills Mill

WRENN ID
ragged-rood-bone
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Devon
Constituency
North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 March 1986
Type
Water mill
Address
Town Mills Mill, Landkey, EX32 0JJ
OS grid reference
SS 592 310
Coordinates
51.06166, -4.00983
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Town Mills Mill is a water mill dating from the mid-19th century. It is constructed of stone rubble and has a corrugated iron roof with gable ends. The building is rectangular in shape and features an external wheel on the east side. It stands two storeys tall.

The north gable end includes an 8-paned window situated above a 2-light casement window, which has 8 panes per light. On the west side, there is a plank stable door to the left of plank doors on each floor. The east side has two 3-light windows, each with 6 panes per light, positioned above a 2-light window, also with 6 panes per light. All these windows are from the 20th century. The overshot wheel, which has an iron rim, is located at the right end and is in working order with its machinery intact.

Local climate

Town Mills Mill sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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