Orchard Millhouse, Mill and Waterwheel is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 May 1969. Mill, museum. 2 related planning applications.
Orchard Millhouse, Mill and Waterwheel
- WRENN ID
- spare-threshold-acorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 May 1969
- Type
- Mill, museum
- Address
- Orchard Millhouse, Mill and Waterwheel, Williton, TA4 4NS
- OS grid reference
- ST 072 405
- Coordinates
- 51.15702, -3.32713
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Orchard Millhouse, Mill and Waterwheel is a miller's house, corn mill, waterwheel, and attached range of outbuildings, now serving as a dwelling and museum. It dates from the 18th century. The miller's house and mill are constructed from red sandstone random rubble, with the millhouse rendered and featuring pilaster strips. The roof is hipped and covered with asbestos slate, and it has overhanging eaves with brick stacks rising from the eaves on the right and center at the junction with the mill.
The building has a plan where the mill and millhouse are under one roof, with the waterwheel located on the south side and a long range of outbuildings attached to the southeast. It is three stories tall with a facade divided into two sections. The right side is the rendered dwelling, which has 16-pane sash windows and a central panelled door, along with a lean-to single-storey addition that features a plank door and a 16-pane sash window. The mill has openings only on the lower two storeys, with segmental-headed openings and a loft door above the entrance.
There is an independently roofed hipped wing made of random rubble, which is two stories high and has three bays, featuring early 19th-century leaded iron casements and central double doors, with a single storey at the east end. The overshot waterwheel is located on the south front of the mill and was restored in the mid-20th century with wooden paddles and an iron frame. The interior contains corn milling machinery along with additional imported machinery and other items that form a museum collection.
Local climate
Orchard Millhouse, Mill and Waterwheel receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% 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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- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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