Powder Mills is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 October 1987. Industrial. 1 related planning application.
Powder Mills
- WRENN ID
- waiting-mortar-bracken
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 October 1987
- Type
- Industrial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Powder Mills are the ruins of a gunpowder mill established in 1844 by Plymouth alderman George Frean. This site was originally a large complex of buildings that extended up the valley, featuring several water wheels powered by water from a leat and two chimneys. Currently, the buildings are in various states of ruin, with only one chimney still standing. The remaining structures are made of granite rubble with granite lintels and are all roofless. The surviving chimney is well-built, featuring a stringcourse near the top and a plinth, and it has a covered channel that runs downhill towards the largest ruinous building. The invention of dynamite in 1867 quickly replaced gunpowder, leading to the closure of the mills in the 1890s, which had employed around 100 men.
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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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