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Summary

Owley mill, corn mill. On the right bank of glaze brook at owley bridge. A small single storey millhouse now used as a linhay and car-port. Two monolithic pillars support the lintel of the car-port, the stone showing tare and feather cutting. Hipped roof is old; walls restored and cement pointed. A beam, front to rear, is a trimmed tree trunk, about 6m long, rotting at one end. Remains of the wheelpit at rear: levels suggest undershot wheel. Leat from bend in river across meadow is now obliterated.1910 os map infers that the mill was still in use at that time. A relative of mr henry luscombe, however, maintains that it was not in use at 1910, and that the wheel was of the overshot type.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX65NE/166

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CORN MILL (XIX - 1801 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV159875.

Owley mill, corn mill. On the right bank of glaze brook at owley bridge. A small single storey millhouse now used as a linhay and car-port. Two monolithic pillars support the lintel of the car-port, the stone showing tare and feather cutting. Hipped roof is old; walls restored and cement pointed. A beam, front to rear, is a trimmed tree trunk, about 6m long, rotting at one end. Remains of the wheelpit at rear: levels suggest undershot wheel. Leat from bend in river across meadow is now obliterated.1910 os map infers that the mill was still in use at that time. A relative of mr henry luscombe, however, maintains that it was not in use at 1910, and that the wheel was of the overshot type.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV159877.

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

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV159878.

Bodman, m. /water-powered sites in devon/(1998)1,29/in smr.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV159879.

Des=os 6"(1906)119se.

DCC MILLS SURVEY, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV178159.

Vis=est 1973(anon) gristmill in present use as pig and sheep barn. Drive and milling mechanisms still visible (dcc mills survey).

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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