Old Abbey Mill is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 October 1969. A C18 Mill.
Old Abbey Mill
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-wattle-yew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 October 1969
- Type
- Mill
- Address
- Old Abbey Mill, B6343, Mitford
- OS grid reference
- NZ 183 859
- Coordinates
- 55.16786, -1.71315
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Old Abbey Mill is a mill that was remodeled in the early 19th century, originally built in the 18th century. The lower parts are made of squared stone, while the upper sections are constructed of brick in English Garden Wall bond 1 and 5, featuring cut stone quoins, lintels, and sills. The roof is covered with pantiles.
The east elevation has two storeys above a basement and consists of five bays. There are three steps leading up to a boarded door located at the right end, along with 12-pane Yorkshire sash windows. Additionally, there are two small basement windows and a pair of keyed round arches leading to the tail goit. Adjacent to the mill is the Mill House.
Inside, there is an undershot waterwheel that has been partly rebuilt. Historically, the mill was originally a fulling mill and was reopened in 1834 by the Ashton brothers as a cloth mill, operating until 1947.
Local climate
Old Abbey Mill receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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