MILL FACILITIES
and
OPENING HOURS
The first Town Mill was built in 1340 and over the years it has developed into a complex of buildings grouped around a central cobbled courtyard. All the buildings have been refurbished and put back into productive use.
The working mill remains in its original location, with the waterwheel, rather unusually, inside the building, where it has been located since about 1797. The Miller's garden lies at the western end of the mill site. The Miller's house, added in 1661, now houses the mill shop, as well as a community/class room and the Mill offices. In 2005 a modern bakery was established in the old cart shed beside the miller's house.
Watermill and Shop
The waterwheel operates daily and you can watch as we produce our own stone-ground flour from grain grown organically a few miles along the coast. A volunteer miller is always on hand to provide informed guidance through the mill.
Entrance to the mill is through
the Mill Shop. Our freshly ground flour is available in the shop, where
you can also find a
carefully selected range of attractive gifts
Open:
Easter - Oct, 11:00am - 4:00pm, Tuesday
to Sunday.
Nov - Easter, 11:00am - 4:00pm,
Saturday and
Sunday.
Plus Bank Holidays and Half Terms.
Admission:
Adults £2.00 Children £1.00
Family Ticket £5.00
For safety reasons, children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult.
The galleries provide regular exhibitions of paintings, drawings and sculptures by leading artists of the region.
Open (During
exhibitions):
11:00am-
4:00pm, Tuesday to Sunday,
(Plus Bank Holiday Mondays)
Admission: Free
Dine at
the
Town Mill Bistro
Taste Asia at the Town Mill Bistro offers cuisine from as far as Japan to India. The fully licensed
Café and Brasserie offers a wide range of drinks and snacks
as well as lunch and dinner menus.
Taste Asia is open:
11:00am-
11:00pm,
Every Day
Reservations: 01297 445757 or 445781
The Town Mill Bakery
Aidan Chapman produces
a wide range of artisan breads in the traditional manner, hand-moulding each loaf and using long fermentation to develop the full flavour of
the dough. This very successful bakery now also operates from premises in
nearby Coombe Street.
For More
Details:
Telephone: 01297 444035
Town Mill
Framing
Tim Pritchard,
the owner of Town Mill Framing, offers a wide range of picture-framing options with a reliable and
professional service, specialising in bespoke frames. He also has a small gallery studio of artwork and
cards.
Open:
10:30am- 1:30pm and 2:30pm - 5:30pm, Tuesday - Saturday
The Town Mill
Pottery
Berey Pealing
& Don Hudson produce fairly traditional table ware, along with some more
exotic pieces, while retaining their own individual styles and methods.
Open:
10:00am - 4:30pm Monday to Saturday and
10:00am - 3:00pm Sunday
The Attic Studio
Gail Sagman has a wide range of her own abstract paintings in her open
studio, both work in hand and completed pieces.
Gail also offers short art courses, providing tuition for just a few hours, or longer if required. Her courses are suitable for beginners and the more experienced.
Open: 11:00am - 4:00pm Weekdays
Weekends
By Appointment (Call 07960 019180)
Miller's Garden
A delightful walled garden laid out and planted
to the original 17th century design.
Open: When the mill complex
is open
Admission: Free
Electric Lyme Exhibition
The story of the
arrival of electricity in Lyme and a new role for the redundant Town Mill in
the production of electricity in the 1930's.
Open: with the Mill
Admission: With the Watermill Tour
The River Lim Exhibition
A small exhibition located by
the Stone Floor in the Mill. It tells the story of the
Lim Valley, its river, its historic mills and its wildlife.
Open: with the Mill
Admission: With the Watermill Tour
The
Town Mill
Mill Lane, Lyme Regis, Dorset DT7 3PU, England
Tel:
01297 443579 e-mail
info@townmill.org.uk