Newland Mill is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 October 1987. Former corn and flour mill. 4 related planning applications.

Newland Mill

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Devon
Constituency
Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 October 1987
Type
Former corn and flour mill
Address
Newland Mill, North Tawton, EX20 2BB
OS grid reference
SS 659 004
Coordinates
50.78773, -3.90278
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Newland Mill is a former corn and flour mill, dating to 1814, with significant additions from the mid-19th century and late 19th century. The building is constructed of stone rubble, with brick detailing to the later additions, and has a slate roof with hipped and gable ends. A large, detached rubble chimney stack is located at the rear.

The original mill building, at the front, likely comprised a single room on each floor, with the water wheel positioned at its left-hand end. In the mid-19th century, the building was heightened and extended with a wing to the rear. A large, four-storey block was added to the rear in the late 19th century, incorporating a chimney stack for a steam engine, and another wing was built at right angles to the main range, likely for storage purposes.

The front building is three storeys high, with a four-storey rear range. Stone arches frame the windows, and a line in the stonework marks where the original gabled roof was raised by an additional storey. An iron water wheel, employing a breast-shot action, remains in a pit to the left-hand side. Inside, the mill machinery is largely intact, featuring wooden-toothed gearing and two millstones. The mid-19th century heightening and extension likely provided additional accommodation for corn bins, forming a false second floor.

Local climate

Newland Mill sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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