Listed Building record MDO10584 - Whatley Mill, Newtown, Beaminster

Detached House, formerly Flax-Mill, built circa 1830. Rubble-stone walls and slate roof with gable ends. One stone bellcote on south east gable end with flat cap. Twentieth century brick chimney at opposite gable-end. One eaves stacks, early twentieth century. 2 storeys and attics.

None recorded

Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch 2, Dorset XXIX.2 Revised: 1901, Published: 1903 (Map). SDO11594.

'Whatley Mill (Corn)'

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1:2500 scale, 1889 (Map). SWX1197.

<2> Dorchester Museum Collection, P542 - 1900 Photograph in Dorcester Museum Photographic Collection with a note that it was disused. (Photograph). SDO17626.

<3> Dewar, H S L, 1960, Windmills, Watermills and Horse Mills of Dorset; Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society (Article in serial). SDO13897.

<4> Department of the Environment, 1983, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: District of West Dorset, District of West Dorset, 22/12/1983 (Scheduling record). SDO16336.

<5> Stanier, Peter, 1989, Dorset's Industrial Heritage, 39 (Monograph). SWX1300.

<6> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/063 South West Textile Mills Project, RCH01/063 (Unpublished document). SDO17323.

South West Textile Mills Project

<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1305678 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Nov 24 2025 3:00PM