Dunster Working Watermill

Dunster Working Watermill
Waterwheel
Dunster Working Watermill is located in Somerset
Dunster Working Watermill
Location within Somerset
General information
Town or cityDunster
CountryEngland
Coordinates51°10′49″N 3°26′42″W / 51.18030°N 3.4449°W / 51.18030; -3.4449
Construction started1779
Completed1782

Dunster Working Watermill (also known as Castle Mill) is a restored 18th century watermill, situated on the River Avill, close to Gallox Bridge, in the grounds of Dunster Castle in Dunster, Somerset, England. It is a Grade II* listed building[1] and within the Grade II* registered parkland of the castle.[2]

The mill stands on a site where a mill was first recorded in the Domesday Book, but the present building was constructed around 1780. It closed in 1962 but was restored in 1979 and is still used to grind flour. The equipment is powered by two overshot wheels. It is owned and run by the National Trust.

  1. ^ Historic England. "Castle Mill and attached gateway and gates (1173447)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  2. ^ "DUNSTER CASTLE, Carhampton - 1000467 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 3 May 2023.