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Summary

Rawridge, or the manor, mill, upottery, a water-powered flour and grist mill. There is a surviving three-storey mill building of stone with adjacent mill house all under slate roofs. A 1.6km leat from river otter fed water to exterior overshot wheel which has now gone, although the wheelpit is still visible. Three pairs of stones could be driven. There may have been a mill here in medieval times although first documentary evidence dates from late 18th century when the mill served both manors of rawridge and upottery. The mill was in use into post-1945 period.(phillips + wilson).

Location

Protected Status

• Listed Building (II) 1098214: RAWRIDGE MILL

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: ST20NW/17

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• MILL (Early Medieval to XXI - 1066 AD to 2009 AD (Between))

Full description

Unknown, Unknown (Migrated Record). SDV1416.

Vis=mill house shown on tithe map (dro).

SPAB, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV244259.

Vis=-/9/1982 (spab). House and machinery visible.

Phillips, M. C. + Wilson, R. E., Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV37856.

Rawridge, or the manor, mill, upottery, a water-powered flour and grist mill. There is a surviving three-storey mill building of stone with adjacent mill house all under slate roofs. A 1.6km leat from river otter fed water to exterior overshot wheel which has now gone, although the wheelpit is still visible. Three pairs of stones could be driven. There may have been a mill here in medieval times although first documentary evidence dates from late 18th century when the mill served both manors of rawridge and upottery. The mill was in use into post-1945 period.(phillips + wilson).

Anonymous, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV400.

Vis=est 1973 (anon) (dcc mills survey).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV116909.

Phillips, m. C. , + wilson, r. E. /dcnq/34(1978-1981)140-142/watermills in east devon.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV116910.

Doe/hhr: honiton rd/(1950)43.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV116911.

Des=spab mills index/(1982)/in smr.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV116912.

Des=dcc/survey of watermills in devon/(1974)gazetteer.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV116913.

Dro=upottery tithe map and award, field 1762.

MHLG, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV131769.

Vis=estimated 1949 (mhlg).18th century with outbuildings, weather- boarded hoist porch in front. Open barn to south. Still occasionally used. Shown on old maps as a tucking mill.

Foster, K. + Skinner, R., 01/2016, A30 to A303 Honiton to Devonshire Inn Improvement Scheme, Honiton, Devon (Report - Assessment). SDV359378.

DBA undertaken along a corridor associated with the A30/A303 between Honiton and Devonshire Inn. This study is intended to inform the development of options for improvements to the A30/A303 between Honiton and Devonshire Inn.

This building along with other nearby listed buildings are diverse but all share a setting in the valley bottom hamlet of Rawridge situated along the road that runs through the village between Upottery and Monkton. The buildings have a shared integrity as historic elements of the hamlet. Their setting comprises farmland in the Otter Valley and modern housing in particular on the south-east side. To the east the setting comprises the western slopes of Rawridge Hill which comprise small fields of pasture, farms and woodland and is located within the Site.

Views towards the Site are generally screened by modern housing and hedgerows and any development within the Site would not be located in close proximity to the buildings. Any scheme located on the slopes to the east of Rawridge would be within the setting of the buildings within the hamlet and may cause harm to their significance.

Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit, 1992 - 1993, Blackdown Hills Survey Archive (Archive - Survey). SDV324187.

Vis=21/9/1992 (simpson + noble) mill has been converted into a dwelling.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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