Chimney About 50 Metres West North West of Town Mill is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 March 1990. Chimney stack.
Chimney About 50 Metres West North West of Town Mill
- WRENN ID
- gilded-spandrel-jackdaw
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Devon
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 March 1990
- Type
- Chimney stack
- OS grid reference
- SX 589 949
- Coordinates
- 50.73737, -3.99957
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a chimney stack located at the manure and vitriol works, built around the mid-19th century. It is constructed of stone rubble with some granite quoins and stands tall, measuring about 2.3 metres square at the base and tapering towards the top. The chimney is attached at the base on its south side to another building that is not included in the listing.
To the east, Town Mill is mentioned in the Domesday Book and by the mid-17th century, there were two mills, a wheat mill and a rye mill, situated side by side. In the 19th century, William Wood took over the mill, reconstructing and enlarging it to establish a fertiliser business, a bone crushing plant, and a condenser for producing sulphuric acid. The acid was originally pumped through a pipe under Simmons Park to the station, but this was abandoned after the pipe broke, causing unpleasant smells in the town.
Local climate
Chimney About 50 Metres West North West of Town Mill sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% 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 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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