Walkham Mill is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 October 1987. Wheelwright's shop.
Walkham Mill
- WRENN ID
- woven-courtyard-curlew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Constituency
- South West Devon MP: Rebecca Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 October 1987
- Type
- Wheelwright's shop
- Address
- Walkham Mill, Walkhampton, West Devon
- OS grid reference
- SX 532 696
- Coordinates
- 50.50864, -4.07043
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Walkham Mill is a wheelwright's shop dating from the mid-19th century, with extensions made in the 20th century. The building features stone rubble walls and a gable-ended corrugated iron roof. It has a rectangular plan consisting of one large workshop. The water wheel that powers the machinery is located separately from the building, attached to the right-hand wall at the rear. In the late 19th century, a blacksmith's shop was added along the left-hand wall, and a large addition made of corrugated sheeting was constructed on the right side in the 20th century.
The mill is two storeys high, with the entrance located in the gable end, which has wide openings on both the ground and first floors, along with a small window beneath the gable. There is a lean-to addition from the former blacksmith's shop against the left-hand wall, featuring a doorway in its gable end. The overshot water wheel at the rear is served by wooden launders but is now enclosed. Inside, the gearing and shafts driven by the wheel are still intact and functional. This mill is an unusual example of a purpose-built wheelwright's shop that continues to operate with its original power source.
Local climate
Walkham Mill sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% 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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