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Stout Mill

A Grade II Listed Building in Yarcombe, Devon

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Coordinates

Latitude: 50.8968 / 50°53'48"N

Longitude: -3.098 / 3°5'52"W

OS Eastings: 322878

OS Northings: 111384

OS Grid: ST228113

Mapcode National: GBR M1.RWGD

Mapcode Global: FRA 46DQ.WCS

Plus Code: 9C2RVWW2+PR

Entry Name: Stout Mill

Listing Date: 16 March 1988

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1098189

English Heritage Legacy ID: 86732

ID on this website: 101098189

Location: East Devon, EX14

County: Devon

District: East Devon

Civil Parish: Yarcombe

Traditional County: Devon

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon

Church of England Parish: Yarcombe St John the Baptist

Church of England Diocese: Exeter

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Description


YARCOMBE
ST 21 SW
3/177 Stout Mill
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- II
Mill and mill house. Early-mid C19. Local stone and flint rubble; stone rubble
stacks topped with C19 and C20 brick; slate roof.
Plan: L-plan building. The house faces north and it has a 3-room plan. The end
rooms are heated by gable-end stacks. The entrance lobby which contains the main
stair is between the centre and right rooms. The main block continues to right
(west) as the mill but the main mill is in a crosswing projecting to rear at the
right end. The house is 2 storeys, the mill has 2 storeys with lofts.
Exterior: the house has a 4-window front of original casements containing
rectangular panes of leaded glass. The left-hand 2 window section have flat stone
arches over. The front doorway is right of centre and contains a C19 door. The
narrow window over lights the stair. To right is the mill storage area. It has a
door with a window to right and above a loading hatch with a window to right. The
house and hill are gable-ended.
Interior was not available for inspection at the time of this survey but the
building appears to have had only minor modernisations. The mill is said to contain
its original machinery and wheel.
Stout Mill was used for flour milling.
Source: M C Phillips and R E Wilson. Watermills in EAst Devon Devon and Cornwall
Notes and Queries, 34 (1978-81) pp 143-44. This gives a list of the mill's
ownership and occupancy 1782-1931.


Listing NGR: ST2287811384

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