Ham Mills

Ham Mills is a millhouse with an attached outbuilding to the south and the remains of a corn mill, including a chimney and waterwheel, to the north. It dates from the early 19th century and is built on the site of an earlier mill. The structure is rendered over rubble, with red brick at the rear and in the remains of the mill. It has a slate roof with overhanging eaves and a soffit board on the house, while the outbuilding has a slightly steeper pitch and brick stacks.

The layout includes the ruins of the mill to the north, the main house in the center with a kitchen extension at the rear set over the mill stream, and a store to the south. The house is two stories tall with three bays, where the center bay slightly projects forward. It features 16-pane sash windows and a central elliptical-headed opening leading to a recessed doorway with wooden colonnettes and a boarded arch, along with a six-panel door. The outbuilding is also two stories with a long frontage, containing a loft opening in the left end bay above the door, one shuttered opening on the first floor, and two openings on the ground floor. The kitchen extension at the rear is supported by three shallow brick arches over the mill leat.

The ruined remains of the waterwheel and mill include a detached, tapering square brick chimney, which was obscured by ivy at the time of the survey in November 1984, located in the northeast corner. Ham was an important settlement from the Middle Ages to the early 19th century as it was the nearest navigable point on the River Tone to Taunton. The millhouse is very similar in style to Bournstream and Greenway in North Curry, suggesting they were likely built by the same builder. The mill was converted to steam power in the mid-19th century.