Listed Building record MDO23408 - Mill, Church Street, Upwey, Weymouth

Corn mill dated IG 1802 on a stone under the hoist, built of squared and coursed Portland stone with a slate roof. The author Thomas Hardy is said to have used this mill as the inspiration for Overcombe Mill in his novel 'The Trumpet Major'.

The Mill, Church St, Upwey. A tablet on the front is inscribed "IG 1802". The mill retains its machinery with a single overshot iron wheel. <1-3>

Historic England, Historic England Archive, OP10376 (Index). SDO14738.

Upwey Mill was built as a corn mill in 1802. Thomas Hardy used the mill as inspiration for Overcombe Mill in his 1805 novel 'The Trumpet Major'.

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 2, 367-68 (Monograph). SDO149.

<2> Newman, J, and Pevsner, N, 1972, The Buildings of England: Dorset, 434 (Monograph). SWX1290.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1:2500 scale, 1980 (Map). SWX1197.

(SY 6625 8507) The Mill House [NAT]

<4> Department of the Environment, 14 June 1974, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Borough of Weymouth and Portland 1974, 28 (Scheduling record). SWX1839.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 868673 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Aug 23 2024 3:39PM