Launder on Piers Rear of Nos 6-9 (Consecutive) and Higher Mill is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 December 1993. A C19 Industrial structure.

Launder on Piers Rear of Nos 6-9 (Consecutive) and Higher Mill

WRENN ID
idle-moat-wind
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dartmoor National Park
Constituency
Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 December 1993
Type
Industrial structure
Address
Launder on Piers Rear of Nos 6-9 (Consecutive) and Higher Mill, Higher Mill Lane, Buckfastleigh, Teignbridge
OS grid reference
SX 739 673
Coordinates
50.49272, -3.77898
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The launder on piers located at the rear of Nos 6-9 (consecutive) and Higher Mill in Buckfastleigh is likely from the 19th century. It consists of a timber launder supported by yellow brick piers. This launder carries water along the back of the former woollen mill and features a sluice gate at the junction between two industrial blocks. The launder is truncated at the west end, where it crosses the leat at right angles to the mill. Tall, paired yellow brick piers support iron girders that run at right angles and carry the launder.

Local climate

Launder on Piers Rear of Nos 6-9 (Consecutive) and Higher Mill receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% 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 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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