Merlins Mill is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 March 1988. Mill, house.
Merlins Mill
- WRENN ID
- lesser-gateway-equinox
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stroud
- Constituency
- Stroud MP: Dr Simon Opher (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 March 1988
- Type
- Mill, house
- Address
- Merlins Mill, Toadsmoor Road, Chalford
- OS grid reference
- SO 879 030
- Coordinates
- 51.72623, -2.17632
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Merlins Mill is a former mill that has been converted into a detached house. It dates from the late 17th century and was enlarged or rebuilt in the early 19th century. The building features coursed rubble and square, dressed limestone, with ashlar chimneys and a Welsh slate roof. It is four storeys tall, with a three-storey section at the east end.
On the south side, the oldest part on the right has a single-window arrangement, with a keyed segmental arched casement on the ground floor and a three-light window with a hoodmould on the middle and upper floors. The higher main part of the mill to the left has a mix of window styles, primarily featuring two-light chamfered mullioned casements. The building has low, small gable end chimneys with plain caps.
The north side mostly has 20th-century casements fitted into the original mill window openings, some of which are segmental arched. There is an attached wing on the north side of the earlier part that runs alongside the road. The interior has not been inspected. The mill was recorded as a corn mill from 1820 when it was known as Toadsmoor Lower Mill.
Local climate
Merlins Mill receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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