Mill House Wisdome Mill is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 February 1984. Watermill, mill house.

Mill House Wisdome Mill

WRENN ID
vacant-wall-poplar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dartmoor National Park
Constituency
South West Devon MP: Rebecca Smith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 February 1984
Type
Watermill, mill house
Address
Mill House Wisdome Mill, Cornwood, South Hams
OS grid reference
SX 614 608
Coordinates
50.43142, -3.95186
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Wisdome Mill and Mill House is a watermill and mill house dating from the mid-19th century. The mill house is constructed of granite with a rendered end wall and features a slate roof with gabled ends. It has two storeys and two bays, with sash windows that include glazing bars and flat red brick arches. A central rendered chimney stack is present, along with a doorway in the west end wall and pigeon holes in the gable above.

Adjoining the rear (north) is the water mill, which dates from around the 18th century and is built of stone rubble with a slate roof and gabled ends. This structure also has two storeys and a loft. The front doorway of the mill has a granite chamfered frame with a high four-centred arch, which may be a reused feature, suggesting that the mill could have an earlier origin. An iron waterwheel is located at the rear (north) of the mill.

Local climate

Mill House Wisdome Mill receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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