The Mill House is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 December 1987. Former mill house. 1 related planning application.
The Mill House
- WRENN ID
- south-kitchen-grove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor MP: Alan Strickland (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 December 1987
- Type
- Former mill house
- Address
- The Mill House, the Avenue, Croxdale and Hett, DH6 5JS
- OS grid reference
- NZ 271 377
- Coordinates
- 54.73383, -1.58037
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Mill House is a former mill house, now a private residence, dating from around 1771 with a mid-19th century wing. It is constructed of coursed sandstone rubble and features Welsh slate roofs, along with dressed stone and brick chimney stacks. The main block is three stories high and has three bays, with flush squared quoins. The central entrance has a replaced four-panel door and a four-pane overlight above it. The windows are replaced four-pane sashes, with small square four-pane lights on the top floor, all set in openings that have alternating jambs, flush lintels, and projecting sills. The roof has a ridge stack on the right side.
On the left return, there is a taller, flat-coped gable end, which is the only remnant of the former paper mill that was rebuilt between 1771 and 1772. To the right, there is a two-story, gable-fronted wing of similar height, which features a projecting external chimney on its gable end. The right return has a two-bay full-height canted wood bay. The roof has bracketed eaves, coped gables, and shaped kneelers. Additionally, there is a two-story, two-bay outshut added under a pent roof at the rear of the main block. The roof of the main block includes four adzed A-frame trusses, crossed at the ridge and supporting three levels of purlins.
Local climate
The Mill House receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- 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
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings
Nearby listed buildings
- Gazebo, Gate Piers and Garden Walls to East and South of the Hermitage
- The Hermitage
- The Meadows
- Croxdale Hall
- South Courtyard Range and Cottage, to East of Croxdale Hall
- Garden Wall and Gates to South East of Croxdale Hall
- North and East Courtyard Ranges and Walls, to East of Croxdale Hall
- Church of St Bartholomew
- Bank House Farmhouse
- Orangery, Walls and Gate Piers to East of Croxdale Hall