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Latitude: 50.9015 / 50°54'5"N
Longitude: -3.3355 / 3°20'7"W
OS Eastings: 306187
OS Northings: 112190
OS Grid: ST061121
Mapcode National: GBR LQ.RGTX
Mapcode Global: FRA 36XQ.DC6
Plus Code: 9C2RWM27+JR
Entry Name: Coldharbour Mill
Listing Date: 15 April 1987
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1106486
English Heritage Legacy ID: 95824
Also known as: Coldharbour Mill Working Wool Museum
Coldharbour Mill Museum
ID on this website: 101106486
Location: Smithincott, Mid Devon, EX15
County: Devon
District: Mid Devon
Civil Parish: Uffculme
Built-Up Area: Uffculme
Traditional County: Devon
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon
Church of England Parish: Uffculme St Mary Virgin
Church of England Diocese: Exeter
Tagged with: Mill Local museum Independent museum
ST 01 SE UFFCULME COLDHARBOUR
4/164 Coldharbour Mill
II*
COLDHARBOUR MILL. Earliest reference 1707 as a paper mill,rebuilt as a Grist Mill
after a flood 1753. Offered for sale 1788, purchased 1797 by Thomas Fox of Wellington a manufacturer of serge, flannel to expand his business. In 1799 he erected a brick & stone factory on the site. From 1799 to 1981 Messrs Fox Bros engaged in yarn spinning. In 1981 Fox Bros closed down Coldharbour Mill. From 1982 Coldharbour Mill has continued to operate a Working Wool Museum still producing yarn commerically.
Grist Mill; Brick & stone, 3-storey block,rectangular in plan with slated hipped
roof & basement. East side 4-window range under segmentally headed window arches.
Various window ranges to other sides.
Spinning Mill; Brick & stone 3-storey block, rectangular in plan with slated
gable-ended roof mounted with ridge ventilators. The attic floor is lit by continuous clerestory windows to North and South. 2-storey extension to North and a single storey extension to South both with lean to roofs with skylights. Main block 7-window range, at West end of block ancillary buildings include engine room and boiler room leading to a tall polygonal stack. A high shot breast wheel
survives at the opposite end of the block.
Listing NGR: ST0618712190
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