Description

SUTCOMBE
SS 31 SE

2/56 Thuborough Mill
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- II

Mill. Early C19 with mid C19 addition. Slate stone rubble walls. Gable-ended
slate roof.
Plan: 3 storey mill with 2 overshot wheels at right-hand end. Threshing barn and
store/animal house added at left end.
Exterior: mill is 3 storeys,(ground drops at this end), single storey barn to left
with 2 storey section at its far end. Asymmetrical elevation facing river with tall
cart entrance towards left-hand end and window beyond it with loading hatch above.
The mill to the right has a straight joint dividing it from -the barn. It has 2
small louvred windows on the top floor below which the ends of 2 large beams project
with a small opening below allowing the axle of one of the internal wheels to
protrude. 6-light overlapping pane window on central floor with doorway below and
small window to its right. Gable-end wall has larged fixed light window on top
floor. Below are 2 more original windows with overlapping panes to outer lights and
wooden shutter to inner light. The 2 large mill wheels are below with wooden spokes
and iron rims. The remains of a wooden launder still exist above the wheels. The
rear elevation has a large lean-to against its left-hand side with a doorway into
the mill to its left and a wide cart entrance to right. Beyond it is a narrower
doorway with loading hatch above.
Interior: 3 mill stones and some of the wooden mill workings survive. C20 king
post roof.

Listing NGR: SS3581710587

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26456446

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Recommended Books

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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)