Alwent Mill House is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1985. Mill house. 1 related planning application.
Alwent Mill House
- WRENN ID
- stony-soffit-dale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1985
- Type
- Mill house
- Address
- Alwent Mill House, Alwent Mill Lane, Gainford, DL2 3QH
- OS grid reference
- NZ 145 183
- Coordinates
- 54.56044, -1.77679
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Alwent Mill House is a mill house built in the late 18th century, with some alterations made in the mid-19th century. The structure is made of roughcast sandstone rubble and features dressed quoins. It has a pantiled roof that includes a double course of sandstone flags at the eaves and brick stacks. The house is two storeys high and consists of three bays. The central entrance has a partly-glazed door with six flush panels, flanked by four 4-pane horned sash windows that have tooled-and-margined lintels and raised sills. At the rear, there is a single-storey outshut. The roof has slightly projecting eaves and a raised verge, with two stacks at the ends. The building is included for its group value.
Local climate
Alwent Mill House receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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