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Pottery Workshops at Lapford Mill

Ceramic slab building techniques The old Grain floor at Lapford Mill offers a wonderfully cosy space for our small (10) group sessions led by local ceramic artist Suzie from Suzie in Devon Ceramic Studio. Price includes: All materials, glazes and firings. Complimentary Coffee and cake on arrival. PLEASE NOTE : The [...]

Pottery Workshops at Lapford Mill2024-10-29T16:16:32+00:00

Opening Times

SUMMER HOURS! Grain Floor Bar open Thursday - Saturday from 6.30pm. Our popular café opens for lunches, suppers, specials, crepes, coffees, cakes and bakes and, of course, the full English at weekends from 10.30am! Our evening kitchen serving fresh delicious pizza, peppery breaded chicken fillets, fries, nachos and a [...]

Opening Times2025-05-11T13:58:25+01:00

Welcome Visit from Stephen Bartlett

We were delighted to receive the very knowledgeable Stephen Bartlett, Chairman of the Wessex Mills Group to Lapford Mill this week. On the agenda where a number of technical challenges regarding the mill and the water course, overall horse-power, grease compounds and mill speed. We look forward to welcoming a larger group from The WMG [...]

Welcome Visit from Stephen Bartlett2019-10-10T01:10:58+01:00

Weir Visit from Westcountry Rivers Trust

Adrian Dowding from the Westcountry Rivers Trust visited the weir yesterday and is very hopeful that we can secure the appropriate funding to fix the damage using ecologically sound technologies that allow the migration of multiple species in the river.  This will be an improvement on the previous structure which made it difficult for [...]

Weir Visit from Westcountry Rivers Trust2021-01-17T15:02:34+00:00

Repairing Rotted Frames

With the help of a cherry-picker, we have finished repairs and repainted all the window frames on the mill and the house. Also managed to clear off the loose moss on the front roof of the house (the rear is proving trickier!).

Repairing Rotted Frames2019-10-10T01:10:58+01:00

Cherry Picker Fun Weekend

The cherry-picker was tall enough to get over the top of the mill building and inspect & clear the gutters, trim back the ivy from under the eves and roof tiles, and clean the sides of the loft hoist. Final job was to repair and re-paint the timber soffit & barge boards on the [...]

Cherry Picker Fun Weekend2021-01-22T01:00:27+00:00

Seen in the leat

We saw this in the leat earlier!  If you can identify the species please let the Environment Agency know immediately.

Seen in the leat2019-10-10T01:10:58+01:00

Realign vertical drive shaft

Following Martin's visit in May, the vertical drive shaft has been jacked up and repositioned to engage the two gears (wallower & pit-wheel) correctly but the bearing foot still needs clamping in place before running the gear. This requires a small proprietary clasp to be factored however, we are now able to turn the water [...]

Realign vertical drive shaft2015-10-27T15:45:34+00:00
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