Watermill and Stables About 20 Metres North of Billacombe Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 December 1979. Watermill, stables.
Watermill and Stables About 20 Metres North of Billacombe Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- dim-mortar-rain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Devon
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 December 1979
- Type
- Watermill, stables
- OS grid reference
- SX 421 823
- Coordinates
- 50.61939, -4.23289
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This watermill and stables, located about 20 meters north of Billacombe Farmhouse, dates back to 1815, as indicated by a datestone, with extensions made in the late 19th century. The building is constructed of stone rubble and features a scantle slate roof that is hipped at the left end and gabled at the right end. It stands two storeys tall and has an overshot mill wheel situated in a pit at the rear, with a rear right outshut. The front of the building includes three round-headed stone entrances and two blocked entrances that are covered by brick lintels. There is a large rectangular entrance on the right side of the front, along with two loft entrances, one of which is located to the right and is sheltered by a slated canopy supported by brackets. Additionally, there are pigeon holes located under the eaves.
Local climate
Watermill and Stables About 20 Metres North of Billacombe Farmhouse sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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