Textile Mill Including Bridge Immediately South South East

This is a textile mill built between 1930 and 1931 by Oswald P Milne for Dartington Hall. It is constructed from local limestone rubble with dressed quoins and some weatherboarding, topped with a Delabole slate roof featuring gabled ends. The mill has a rectangular plan with an entrance at the southeast end under a hoist house, and a water wheel located on the southwest side facing Birdwell Brook.

The building is two storeys high with a loft. The southeast gable end includes weatherboarding and a gable hoist house supported by two tall stone piers with caps. To the left, there is a flight of integral stone steps leading to a first-floor doorway, which is now enclosed in a glazed porch. The elevation features three-light casements on either side. The long southwest elevation has five windows, all with metal frames, glazing bars, relieving arches, and slate cills. The northwest gable end has three windows on the first floor and two on the ground floor, along with a doorway on the left and a ventilation slit in the gable.

On the southwest side, there is an overshot water wheel and a long wooden launder. The mill also includes a bridge to the southeast over Birdwell Brook, which was built at the same time as the mill by Oswald P Milne. This bridge is made of local limestone rubble and features a single span round arch with a dressed limestone arch ring and a cambered parapet that sweeps out at the ends.

Historically, an Irish weaver named Heremon (Toby) Fitzpatrick was invited to Dartington in 1927 to establish a workshop. Although he favored hand weaving, he supported the use of machine-prepared yarn, which led to the construction of this mill. He was succeeded by Hiran Winterbotham in 1934.