Saw Mill at Blachford Estate is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 August 1987. Mill.
Saw Mill at Blachford Estate
- WRENN ID
- patient-obsidian-crag
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Constituency
- South West Devon MP: Rebecca Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 August 1987
- Type
- Mill
- Address
- Saw Mill at Blachford Estate, Cornwood, South Hams
- OS grid reference
- SX 616 600
- Coordinates
- 50.42386, -3.9497
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The saw mill at Blachford Estate is an estate water saw-mill located on a tributary of the River Yealm, dating from the late 19th century. This two-storey mill is part of a small complex of one and two-storeyed buildings. It is constructed from rubble stone, featuring local dressed granite and some pale brickwork for dressings, arches, and quoins around structural openings. The hipped roof is covered with corrugated iron sheets.
A notable feature of the mill is its external overshot waterwheel, made of iron and timber, which measures 18 feet in diameter and 2 feet 6 inches wide. The wheel displays the name of the founder, PARKIN & SONS, EXETER, and the millwright, W. LANGLER, BRENT. It is fed by a long timber launder positioned at eaves level. The wheel is equipped with an external ring gear that is bolted to the arms, driving a layshaft into the building, from which belt drives extend to a secondary shaft and the saw bench. The 'L' shaped group of buildings, the waterwheel, and the remaining machinery are all contemporaneous, likely dating from the late 19th century.
Local climate
Saw Mill at Blachford Estate receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% 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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