Heatherslaw Mill is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 October 1972. Mill. 1 related planning application.

Heatherslaw Mill

WRENN ID
gaunt-gargoyle-pearl
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 October 1972
Type
Mill
Address
Heatherslaw Mill, Ford, TD12 4TJ
OS grid reference
NT 933 383
Coordinates
55.6389, -2.10756
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Heatherslaw Mill is an 18th-century corn mill that was extended and remodeled around 1830. It is constructed of random rubble with stone dressings and has a Welsh slate roof. The building stands three stories tall and features five bays, with a lower five-bay granary located at the rear.

On the right side, there are two low segmental arches that lead through the mill. The windows are 12-pane casements, and the roof is a double-span hipped style. On the left side, stone stairs with iron railings provide access to boarded doors on the first and second floors.

Inside, the mill operates as a double mill with two wooden undershot wheels powering two sets of machinery. The upper mill is fully operational and retains all its machinery from the 1830s, while the lower mill is intact but awaits restoration. The former granary at the rear has been converted into a café and storage space.

Local climate

Heatherslaw Mill receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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