Thuborough Mill is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1989. Mill.
Thuborough Mill
- WRENN ID
- salt-spandrel-sienna
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torridge
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 January 1989
- Type
- Mill
- Address
- Thuborough Mill, Sutcombe
- OS grid reference
- SS 358 105
- Coordinates
- 50.8714, -4.33481
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Thuborough Mill is a mill built in the early 19th century, with an addition from the mid-19th century. It features slate stone rubble walls and a gable-ended slate roof. The mill is three storeys high, with the ground level dropping at one end, and includes two overshot wheels at the right-hand end. A threshing barn and a store or animal house have been added to the left end.
The exterior presents an asymmetrical elevation facing the river, with a tall cart entrance towards the left-hand side and a window beyond it, which has a loading hatch above. The mill section to the right has a straight joint separating it from the barn. On the top floor, there are two small louvred windows, beneath which the ends of two large beams project, with a small opening below that allows the axle of one of the internal wheels to protrude. The central floor features a six-light overlapping pane window, with a doorway below and a small window to its right. The gable-end wall has a large fixed light window on the top floor, with two original windows below that have overlapping panes for the outer lights and a wooden shutter for the inner light. The two large mill wheels, which have wooden spokes and iron rims, are located below, and the remains of a wooden launder can still be seen above the wheels.
The rear elevation has a large lean-to against its left-hand side, with a doorway into the mill on its left and a wide cart entrance to the right. Beyond this entrance is a narrower doorway with a loading hatch above. Inside, three mill stones and some of the wooden mill workings are still present, along with a 20th-century king post roof.
Local climate
Thuborough 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 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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