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Latitude: 50.7256 / 50°43'32"N
Longitude: -2.934 / 2°56'2"W
OS Eastings: 334167
OS Northings: 92188
OS Grid: SY341921
Mapcode National: GBR PJ.CZCR
Mapcode Global: FRA 47R5.6R9
Plus Code: 9C2VP3G8+69
Entry Name: Town Mills, Mill House
Listing Date: 24 March 1981
Last Amended: 31 May 1995
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1230633
English Heritage Legacy ID: 405616
ID on this website: 101230633
Location: Lyme Regis, Dorset, DT7
County: Dorset
Civil Parish: Lyme Regis
Built-Up Area: Lyme Regis
Traditional County: Dorset
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Dorset
Church of England Parish: Lyme Regis St Michael the Archangel
Church of England Diocese: Salisbury
Tagged with: House
In the entry for:-
MILL LANE
1.
1357
(South Side)
Town Mills Mill House
SY 3492 1/230
II
shall be replaced by:-
LYME REGIS
SY3492 MILL LANE
864-0/1/230 (South side)
24/03/81 Town Mills, Mill House
II
Water mill. Incorporating remains from circa 1500, largely rebuilt 1647 and C18 and C19.
Stone rubble, partly rendered. Slate roofs with gabled ends. Two separate ranges with
connecting wing to south west; the Mill House comprises the north-easternmost part of the
northerly range. Rendered 3-storey and attic 2 window bay front; 4-pane sash windows;
doorway to right of centre with recessed glazed door; small loft door in gable; lean-to outshut
on right. North-west facing front of southern range oftwo storeys in two sections, north section
lower; stone rubble with slate roof; north section has loft door in gable and door below.
Interior: Roofpurlin dated 1797. Some late C18 wooden and late C19 cast-iron water mill
machinery remains including:- Late C18 [circa 1790's] large vertical timber shaft carries late
C18 timber crown-wheel and circa 1880's cast-iron spur-wheel and wallower; hurst-frame
much altered but contains some 1790's fabric; remains of three pairs of mill stones; later
sack-hoist worked from the late C18 shaft. Green glazed Medieval ridge tiles have been found
in the building. Recent archaeological work indicates that there are five phases of water wheels
and four phases of floor levels. From 1500 to 1740 the mill was owned by the Lyme Regis
Town Council and accounts for the mill are extant. SOURCES: [1] Graham, A.H.,
Archaeological Report, to be published in the Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and
Archaeological Society. [2] Watts, M., Town Mill, Lyme Regis, design and construction
proposals for the millwork; November 1994.
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MILL LANE
1.
1357
(South Side)
Town Mills Mill House
ST 3492 1/230
II
2.
C18 to C19. 2 separate ranges with connecting wing in south-west. Stone rubble,
partly stuccoed. Slate roofs, Mill House comprises the north-eaeternmost part of
the northerly range. 3 storeys and attic 2 window bays. Rendered front. Small
loft door in attic storey. Sash windows without glazing bars. Centre doorway.
North-west facing front of southern range of 2 storeys in 2 sections, north section
lower. Stone rubble with slate roof; north section has loft door surmounted by gable
in centre with another door, below. Interior contains wood and cast iron water mill
machinery. Roof purlin dated 1797.
Listing NGR: SY3416792188
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