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HER Number:	MDV18715
Name:	Luppitt Mill

Summary

Luppitt Mill was built in 1875, although there are documentary references to an earlier mill. All the machinery, including the waterwheel, is intact. The course of the leat is still clearly visible.

Location

Grid Reference:	ST 170 052
Map Sheet:	ST10NE
Admin Area	Devon
Civil Parish	Luppitt
District	East Devon
Ecclesiastical Parish	LUPPITT

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

Old DCC SMR Ref: ST10NE/20

Monument Type(s) and Dates

WATERMILL (XVIII to XXI - 1701 AD to 2009 AD (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, Untitled Source (Cartographic). SDV54691.

'Luppitt Mill (Corn)' is marked on the 1880s-90s 25" OS map.

Department of Environment, 1950, Honiton RD, 28 (List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest). SDV118185.

Description in DoE HHR. Listed grade III only.

Devon County Council, 1974, Survey of Watermills in Devon: Gazetteer (Report - Survey). SDV83967.

Other details: Gazetteer. Site visit c1973.

Phillips, M. C. + Wilson, R. E., 1974 - 1977, Water Mills in East Devon, 304-305 (Article in Serial). SDV42946.

At Luppitt a grist mill powered by water. Four-storey mill building built of stone with ashlar coigns and slate roof. Building dated 1875 although there are documentary references from as early as 1780 and the nearby dwelling is probably older. Water for power supplied by leat from river Otter. The overshot wheel and machinery are all in good repair despite disuse since 1939.

Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit, 1992, BH22, 1A (Photograph). SDV129900.

Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit, 1992, BH3, 20 (Photograph). SDV129899.

Simpson, S. J. + Noble, S., 1992, Untitled Source (Report - Survey). SDV129894.

All of the mill workings are intact and the building maintained although contents gradually deteriorating. Nothing has been touched since the mill went out of use. The course of the leat running behind (east) of the mill to the overshot wheel is clearly visible. Wheel is decaying, owners intend to restore it. This mill has not been adequately recorded. Other details: Archive.

Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit, 1992, Untitled Source (Photograph). SDV129898.

Other details: Slide.

Bodman, M., 1998, Water-Powered Sites in Devon, 22 (Report - non-specific). SDV305931.

Other details: 40.

Bodman, M., 2003, Watermills and Other Water-Powered Sites in Devon, 171 (Report - Interim). SDV325576.

Other details: Draft.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV118185	List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest: Department of Environment. 1950. Honiton RD. Historic Houses Register. Unknown. 28.


SDV129894	Report - Survey: Simpson, S. J. + Noble, S.. 1992. Blackdown Hills Survey.


SDV129898	Photograph: Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit. 1992.


SDV129899	Photograph: Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit. 1992. BH3. 20.


SDV129900	Photograph: Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit. 1992. BH22. 1A.


SDV305931	Report - non-specific: Bodman, M.. 1998. Water-Powered Sites in Devon. A4 Spiral Bound. 22.


SDV325576	Report - Interim: Bodman, M.. 2003. Watermills and Other Water-Powered Sites in Devon. A4 Spiral Bound. 171.


SDV42946	Article in Serial: Phillips, M. C. + Wilson, R. E.. 1974 - 1977. Water Mills in East Devon. Devon and Cornwall Notes and Queries. 33. Unknown. 304-305.


SDV54691	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. 25".


SDV83967	Report - Survey: Devon County Council. 1974. Survey of Watermills in Devon: Gazetteer. Devon County Council Report. Unknown. A4 Bound.

Associated Monuments

MDV116728

Related to: Mill stream south of Luppitt Mill (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

EDV3542 - Unnamed Event

Date Last Edited:	Sep 28 2016 5:42PM

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