Perrys Cider Mill is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 November 1987. Barn, museum. 1 related planning application.
Perrys Cider Mill
- WRENN ID
- long-fireplace-tallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 November 1987
- Type
- Barn, museum
- Address
- Perrys Cider Mill, Dowlish Wake, TA19 0NY
- OS grid reference
- ST 375 126
- Coordinates
- 50.9103, -2.88986
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Perry's Cider Mill is a barn that has been partly converted into a cider mill and partly serves as a museum. It has origins dating back to the 16th century and is constructed from ham stone rubble with a thatched roof that is hipped at the west end and gabled at the east. The roadside elevation features a three-light timber casement window and a pair of full-height doors, which are flanked by later raked buttresses. There is an extension on the east gable with a hipped roof and a small door located under the eaves. At the west end, there is another building with a corrugated asbestos cement roof, and a lean-to structure is attached to the rear.
Inside, the main roof consists of three bays supported by double collar trusses that are smoke blackened. The roof is asymmetrical, with three rows of purlins on the north slope and two on the south. The east end of the building appears to contain remnants of a post and frame construction. Along part of the north side, there are fragments of timber framing, including an early jointed cruck, which may have originally been part of the external wall. The original purpose of the building is uncertain, but the heavy smoke blackening suggests it may have been used as a smithy. The museum showcases cider-making and other farm implements.
Local climate
Perrys Cider Mill receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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