Belford Mill And Belford Mill Cottage

ASHBURTON

SX77SE Belford Mill and Belford Mill 849-1/2/1 Cottage 10/05/73 (Formerly Listed as: Belford Mill (The 'Coffin' Mill))

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Also known as: The Coffin Mill. Former mill building, now converted to 2 houses. Known locally as The Coffin Mill on account of its shape. Probably early C19. Stone rubble, the top storey with C20 weatherboarding probably imitating the original louvring. Slated roof. 2 stone rubble chimneys on wall adjoining road. A long, narrow building, the N section bending to match the curve of the road. S section wedge-shaped. This building seems to have been used for processing, with a wool loft on top floor. The mill proper with a water-wheel is believed to have been the ruined building immediately to north. No sign of wheel-pit remains, but the line of the leat is still traceable. 4 storeys. 8 windows wide. Windows are mostly 8-paned sashes, probably of C20 date. No windows in top storey or in W wall adjoining road, although W wall does have a blocked window. Interior: reported to have been gutted during conversion to houses. Helen Harris says Belford was a woollen mill of Messrs Berry, converted to corn mill in mid C19. When she wrote the gear wheels of the corn mill were still in position and a large wheel pit could be seen. (Harris H: Industrial Archaeology of Dartmoor: Newton Abbot: 1972-: 185).

Listing NGR: SX7535571542