Manor Mills is a Grade II listed building in the Exmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 December 1984. Mill. 1 related planning application.
Manor Mills
- WRENN ID
- lesser-rood-reed
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Exmoor National Park
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 December 1984
- Type
- Mill
- Address
- Manor Mills, Old Cleeve, Somerset, TA23 0RE
- OS grid reference
- ST 034 386
- Coordinates
- 51.13919, -3.38164
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Manor Mills is an 18th-century corn mill located in Old Cleeve, now disused. The mill underwent renovation at the time of a survey in December 1983. It is constructed of red sandstone random rubble with brick dressings, with some parts rendered, and has slate roofs. The main facade is gabled with a catslide-roofed projection to the right, and a hipped return.
The plan comprises a long rear wing fronted to the left by a two-and-a-half-storey gabled bay, with a small addition set in the angle. The front elevation has three bays; a hoist opening in the gable end features a coved hood and bargeboards carried on diagonal supports. Below that is a loft opening with a lobed top and a linked plank door. Recessed bays on the right have two unglazed openings, a nine-pane window, and two segmental-headed openings which are blocked. A long, four-bay return includes segmental-headed openings. A waterwheel is located at the rear. The interior was not accessible during the survey.
Roadwater was historically noted in the 18th and 19th centuries for its numerous mills beside the Washford River, many of which were fulling mills.
Local climate
Manor Mills sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 83% 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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- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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