Lower Mill is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 October 1987. Mill, mill house. 1 related planning application.
Lower Mill
- WRENN ID
- buried-floor-briar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 October 1987
- Type
- Mill, mill house
- Address
- Lower Mill, Peter Tavy, West Devon, PL19 9NN
- OS grid reference
- SX 512 776
- Coordinates
- 50.57951, -4.10192
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lower Mill is a mill and mill house dating from the early 19th century, with written evidence dating back to 1835. The mill house is likely from the later 19th century. It features stone rubble walls and slate hung on the side of the mill, topped by a gable-ended slate roof. The mill has a one-room plan across three storeys, with the house adjoining it at right angles.
The exterior of the mill is three storeys tall and includes a gable end entrance with a stable-type 19th-century door, sheltered by a large canopy porch that spans the width of the gable end. On the left side, which borders the stream, there are three windows fitted with 20th-century casements. The water wheel, which was previously located on the rear wall of the mill, has been removed. On the right side, the mill is built into higher ground, featuring a doorway that leads to the first floor. The house, which is attached to the front gable end of the mill on the right, has a two-window front with 20th-century casements and brick arches above.
Inside, some of the mill's original mechanisms remain, including the central shaft and the millstones.
Local climate
Lower 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 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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