The Mill at Mill Bay Cove is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 May 1985. Watermill, boathouse. 1 related planning application.
The Mill at Mill Bay Cove
- WRENN ID
- old-dormer-gold
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Hams
- Constituency
- South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 May 1985
- Type
- Watermill, boathouse
- Address
- The Mill at Mill Bay Cove, Castle Road, Kingswear, TQ6 0DX
- OS grid reference
- SX 893 504
- Coordinates
- 50.34319, -3.55633
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Mill at Mill Bay Cove is a disused limekiln that has been converted into a watermill and boathouse designed to resemble a sham castle. It dates from the early 19th century, with extensions and remodels made in the mid to late 19th century. The structure is built of slate rubble and features a squat circular tower, which is the original limekiln, enhanced by an embattled corbelled parapet and a round turret, also adorned with battlements. The building includes a pointed arch Gothick doorway with a continuous hoodmould and small pointed arch openings on either side. It is constructed on rocks into the cliff, and at the lower level, on the beach, there is an additional lower tower with a semi-circular front facing the sea, which has small Gothick windows and a small round corbelled turret on the parapet. This lower tower houses an iron water wheel. The mill is located at the edge of the beach at Mill Bay Cove, where a small stream flows into the sea.
Local climate
The Mill at Mill Bay Cove receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 2 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1996
- 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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