Ashton Mill

SX 88 SW 5/27 11.11.52

ASHTON LOWER ASHTON Ashton Mill

GV II

Mill, incorporating former cottage, now used as store. C18 or earlier with C19 alterations. Granite and freestone rubble and cob, weatherboarded in the gable ends; corrugated iron roof, gabled at ends; projecting end stack with set-offs and truncated brick shaft. Plan: Rectangular on plan: the mill, to the west, with a disused C20 undershot waterwheel (leat still intact); the former cottage to the east. Exterior: 2 storeys and attic. The west elevation preserves an iron undershot wheel with timber arms and iron floats, wheel made by Steiner and Tunn Ltd, Tiverton. Section of good dressed coursed granite masonry construction adjacent to and downstream of the wheel; 2 ground floor 2-light windows, the left hand window with C19 brick dressings and lapped glass. 4 small first floor 1-light windows with C19 brick dressings and lapped glass plus one small square window to the left; 1-light window in gable. The left return has a doorway approximately in the centre, a 1- light ground floor window and a 2-light first floor C19 timber casement with glazing bars. The rear elevation preserves the stack of the former cottage, flanked by doorways with a window and first floor doorway to the left and a first floor doorway to the right. The sluice gate is fixed to grooved granite posts. Interior: Not inspected. The present owners have a complete list of owners and occupiers of the mill from 1780 to the present day. Forms a good group with the miller's cottage, visible from the Chudleigh Road across the Teign.

Listing NGR: SX8424984301