Foxworthy Mill House and Mill is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 August 1955. House, mill.

Foxworthy Mill House and Mill

WRENN ID
spare-cupola-wren
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dartmoor National Park
Constituency
Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 August 1955
Type
House, mill
Address
Foxworthy Mill House and Mill, Lustleigh, Teignbridge
OS grid reference
SX 759 818
Coordinates
50.62324, -3.7556
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Foxworthy Mill House and Mill is a house that was formerly a mill house and corn mill, dating from the late 17th century or early 18th century, with later additions. The mill was rebuilt in the early 20th century. It is constructed of stone rubble and has a corrugated iron roof, which was originally thatched. There are stone chimneystacks on each gable; the west stack is original and features thatch weatherings and a projecting stone course that forms a cap, while the east stack is a later addition that replaces a former hip, with the timbers of the original hip still visible in the roof space.

The house has a two-room plan, with a gable fireplace in the larger west room and a rounded stair turret to the north of the fireplace. Attached to the west of the house is the mill building, which is now a cross-wing but replaces a much simpler structure. The mill is two storeys tall and has an added single-storey lean-to. The south front features wooden casement windows, while the north front is dominated by the stair turret and lean-to. On the west side of the mill, there is an iron breast-shot water wheel that is 12 feet in diameter, marked with the date 1892 and the name of the maker, C J Reed of Chagford.

Inside, the larger room has a chamfered upper-floor beam with run-out stops. Most of the joists have been replaced, but a few original joists with vague chamfering remain. The large fireplace has granite jambs and a plain wood lintel, with an oven at the back. The stair has wooden treads, but two granite steps are said to survive underneath. The roof features plain trusses with collars that are pegged to the face of the principals with one peg and one old nail at each end. A picture postcard of the mill, posted in 1907 but likely from the late 19th century, is in the possession of the owner.

Local climate

Foxworthy Mill House and Mill receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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