Boar Mill

BOAR MILL, 2, EAST STREET

Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places

Explore this list entry

Overview

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1323454
Date first listed:
20-Nov-1959
List Entry Name:
Boar Mill
Statutory Address:
BOAR MILL, 2, EAST STREET
User submitted image
Contributed by Mark Barratt This photo may not represent the current condition of the site. Over 400,000 images and stories have been added to the Missing Pieces Project so far. Share your story.
View all

Location

Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places. 

There is a problem

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:

Icon Buildings
Icon Scheduled monuments
Icon Parks and gardens
Icon Battlefields
Icon Shipwrecks

Find out more about listing

Images of England Project

To view this image please use Firefox, Chrome, Safari, or Edge.
Archive image, may not represent current condition of site.
Date:
2002-04-09
Reference:
IOE01/06676/19
Rights:
© Mr Norman Wiles. 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 more

Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1323454
Date first listed:
20-Nov-1959
Date of most recent amendment:
10-Mar-1986
List Entry Name:
Boar Mill
Statutory Address 1:
BOAR MILL, 2, EAST STREET

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.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

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.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:
BOAR MILL, 2, EAST STREET

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:
Dorset (Unitary Authority)
Parish:
Corfe Castle
National Grid Reference:
SY 96064 82199

Details

CORFE CASTLE EAST STREET (West side) SY 96 82 7/48 No 2 (Boar Mill) (formerly listed as Old Mill and Bakery) 20.11.59 GV II House with attached former watermill. Mill C18, house part late C18, part early C19. Rubble stone walls, roofs part stone slate, part tiled with stone eaves courses. 2 brick stacks and one stone stack. Irregular L-shaped plan. At left end a single storey range - former stables etc., with stone slate roof. Ledged door in reduced opening. Two C20 casements with lead lights. Right of this the former bakery house of 2 storeys with tiled roof. Battened door under segmental brick arch. Ground floor has 2 C20 casements with lead lights under similar arches. First floor has 2 similar windows, with fanlights - no arches. Large bake oven in ground floor room. Right of this, the former mill house, with stone slate roof. 2 storeys. Battened door. Ground floor has one C20 casement with lead lights. First floor has one similar window, with fanlight. Right of this the mill projects as a gabled wing. 2-storey and attic. In the angle between mill and house a shuttered window set diagonally under stone slate pentice rcof. In left flank wall of mill a stable door on ground floor and loft door over. In end gable wall a small blocked window in attic. Various rear lean-tos including large bake oven at rear of house. Mill machinery largely intact. Sluices east of the mill. Picturesque group at base of Castle mound. (RCHM, Monument 27. Dorset. Vol. II. Dorset Watermill Survey).

Listing NGR: SY9605982202

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:
109200
Legacy System:
LBS

Sources

Books and journals
Dorset Watermills Survey, (1985)
Inventory of Dorset II South East, (1970)

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

Ordnance survey map of Boar Mill

Map

This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 06-Jun-2026 at 01:59:21.

Download a full scale map (PDF)
© Crown copyright [and database rights] 2026. OS AC0000815036. Use of this mapping is subject to Terms and Conditions.

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.

Previous Overview
Next Comments and Photos