Tellisford Mill

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|name=Tellisford Mill

|location_town=Frome, Somerset

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|construction_start_date=c. 11th century

|completion_date=2007 (restored)

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|cost=£135,000{{cite web|title=Tellisford Mill 1066 to 2009 |url=http://www.bath.ac.uk/i-see/posters/Anthony_Battersby_PPP_21_April_09.pdf |publisher=Bath University|accessdate=7 October 2012}}

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Tellisford Mill is a {{convert|55|kW}} installed capacity micro hydro run-of-the-river power station on the site of a former watermill in the village of Tellisford in the Mendip district of Somerset, England. The mill lies on the River Frome, {{convert|5+1/2|mi|km|0}} north-east of the town of Frome.

File:TellisfordMillFrancisTurbine.jpg at Tellisford Mill]]

Part of the Mendip Power Group,{{Cite web|title=Tellisford Mill 1066 to 2009: From Corn to Kilowatts|author=Anthony Battersby & Rachel Feilden|year=2009|accessdate=3 June 2012|url=http://www.bath.ac.uk/i-see/posters/Anthony_Battersby_PPP_21_April_09.pdf}} the mill was restored to power in April 2007 using a German-made 55 kW vertically mounted Kaplan turbine, which is expected to produce on average {{convert|270|MWh}} per year.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cse.org.uk/news/view/1284|title=Tellisford Mill's 55kW hydro plant lights up the community|publisher=Centre for Renewable Energy|date=1 May 2007|accessdate=3 June 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301090010/http://www.cse.org.uk/news/view/1284|archivedate=1 March 2012}}{{Cite web|url= http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/57530/notices/109|title=Environment Agency Application|publisher=The London Gazette|date=12 January 2005|accessdate=3 June 2012}} The turbine replaced a {{convert|6|kW||abbr=on}} Francis turbine built in 1895.

Tellisford Mill is also home to a photographic studio.