MSO11957 - Yarde Mill House, Yarde (Building)

"Mill race" shown on OSAD 6" map running from ST06393840 to mill. [1] Belonged to Nettlecombe manor and may have been Hurd mill recorded in 1373 as in need of repair. Yard mill was mentioned in 1374-5, and in 1379-80 materials were purchased for its repair. In 1381-2 it was farmed but was in hand in 1398-9. The mill was let in 1755. In 1872 the miller was also a corn, seed and coal merchant. Milling ceased after 1910 but the mill and its overshot wheel and machinery, including stones, survived in 1980. [2] Leat now dry. Overshot wheel 16ft in diameter, 3ft 1ins wide with 42 sheet iron buckets. [3] Miller's house, corn mill and waterwheel, now private house. C17-C18 on site of earlier mill, ceased 1910. Roughcast and random rubble, pantiled roof main block, slate roofed wings, brick stacks. "U"-plan. Centre mill and miller's house under one roof, wheel to left, lower gabled wings. Main block 3 storeys, 2 bays, mixed fenestration, overshot waterwheel on right return inscribed J Chidgey and Sons 1910. Right wing, originally loft over stables 2 storeys, loft door gabled, rectangular two 2-light casements with 2 segmental headed double door openings with key stones, inserted door and window between. Brick stack rising from eaves with pigeon holes at first floor. Left wing two 2-light casements gable ends, now includes entrance. Although altered in C20, this forms part of interesting group of houses at Yard. [4] The building was visited in June 2013 as part of the rapid condition survey of Exmoor's Listed Buildings 2012-13. It received a BAR score of 6. [5] This record was enhanced as part of the National Record of the Historic Environment to Exmoor National Park Historic Environment Record data transfer project. [6] The building was assessed as part of the 2018-19 rapid condition survey of Exmoor’s Listed Buildings, receiving a BAR score of 6. [7]