Thuborough Mill

SUTCOMBE SS 31 SE

2/56 Thuborough Mill

• II

Mill. Early C19 with mid C19 addition. Slate stone rubble walls. Gable-ended slate roof. Plan: 3 storey mill with 2 overshot wheels at right-hand end. Threshing barn and store/animal house added at left end. Exterior: mill is 3 storeys,(ground drops at this end), single storey barn to left with 2 storey section at its far end. Asymmetrical elevation facing river with tall cart entrance towards left-hand end and window beyond it with loading hatch above. The mill to the right has a straight joint dividing it from -the barn. It has 2 small louvred windows on the top floor below which the ends of 2 large beams project with a small opening below allowing the axle of one of the internal wheels to protrude. 6-light overlapping pane window on central floor with doorway below and small window to its right. Gable-end wall has larged fixed light window on top floor. Below are 2 more original windows with overlapping panes to outer lights and wooden shutter to inner light. The 2 large mill wheels are below with wooden spokes and iron rims. The remains of a wooden launder still exist above the wheels. The rear elevation has a large lean-to against its left-hand side with a doorway into the mill to its left and a wide cart entrance to right. Beyond it is a narrower doorway with loading hatch above. Interior: 3 mill stones and some of the wooden mill workings survive. C20 king post roof.

Listing NGR: SS3581710587