Belford Mill and Belford Mill Cottage
BELFORD MILL AND BELFORD MILL COTTAGE
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1282905
- Date first listed:
- 10-May-1973
- List Entry Name:
- Belford Mill and Belford Mill Cottage
- Statutory Address:
- BELFORD MILL AND BELFORD MILL COTTAGE
Have you got a photo to share?
Join the Missing Pieces Project. We want you to share your photos and memories.
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2001-07-02
- Reference:
- IOE01/04473/26
- Rights:
- © Mr Dennis A. C. Raffell. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1282905
- Date first listed:
- 10-May-1973
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 01-Sept-1992
- List Entry Name:
- Belford Mill and Belford Mill Cottage
- Statutory Address 1:
- BELFORD MILL AND BELFORD MILL COTTAGE
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- BELFORD MILL AND BELFORD MILL COTTAGE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- Teignbridge (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Ashburton
- National Park:
- Dartmoor
- National Grid Reference:
- SX 75355 71542
Details
ASHBURTON
SX77SE Belford Mill and Belford Mill 849-1/2/1 Cottage 10/05/73 (Formerly Listed as: Belford Mill (The 'Coffin' Mill))
II
Also known as: The Coffin Mill. Former mill building, now converted to 2 houses. Known locally as The Coffin Mill on account of its shape. Probably early C19. Stone rubble, the top storey with C20 weatherboarding probably imitating the original louvring. Slated roof. 2 stone rubble chimneys on wall adjoining road. A long, narrow building, the N section bending to match the curve of the road. S section wedge-shaped. This building seems to have been used for processing, with a wool loft on top floor. The mill proper with a water-wheel is believed to have been the ruined building immediately to north. No sign of wheel-pit remains, but the line of the leat is still traceable. 4 storeys. 8 windows wide. Windows are mostly 8-paned sashes, probably of C20 date. No windows in top storey or in W wall adjoining road, although W wall does have a blocked window. Interior: reported to have been gutted during conversion to houses. Helen Harris says Belford was a woollen mill of Messrs Berry, converted to corn mill in mid C19. When she wrote the gear wheels of the corn mill were still in position and a large wheel pit could be seen. (Harris H: Industrial Archaeology of Dartmoor: Newton Abbot: 1972-: 185).
Listing NGR: SX7535571542
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 375962
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Harris, H, Industrial Archaeology of Dartmoor, (1972), 185
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 20-Jun-2026 at 22:00:28.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.