Alder Mill Office, Including Entrance Gate to West is a Grade II listed building in the Wigan local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 November 1981. Office.
Alder Mill Office, Including Entrance Gate to West
- WRENN ID
- patient-tower-stoat
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wigan
- Constituency
- Leigh and Atherton MP: Jo Platt (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 November 1981
- Type
- Office
- Address
- Alder Mill Office, Including Entrance Gate to West, Clyde Street
- OS grid reference
- SJ 669 996
- Coordinates
- 53.49257, -2.49909
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Alder Mill Office, including the entrance gate to the west, is a Grade II listed building dating from 1907, designed by Henthorn Scott. This office wing of the former Alder Mill, which has since been demolished, is constructed of brick with terracotta dressings. It features eight by four bays and stands at one storey high. The building is primarily made of red brick with a blue brick plinth, accented by yellow brick bands and yellow terracotta dressings. The window openings are adorned with cambered brick arches and keystones that rise above a cornice, terminating in capped features above the parapet, a hallmark of Scott's architectural style.
On the front side, there is a series of three-light blind mullioned openings above the cornice. To the left, a door with a fanlight and archivolt leads into the building. Above this door is an octagonal corner feature topped with a cupola that is set back behind a parapet, echoing the design of the mill's water tower. The other elevations of the building employ a similar architectural vocabulary.
The entrance is enhanced by elaborate cast-iron gates and piers featuring moulded Art Nouveau decoration. Inside, the office boasts decorated panelling, stained glass, Art Nouveau tiling, and highly enriched cast-iron wash-basin stands in a modified Adam style.
Local climate
Alder Mill Office, Including Entrance Gate to West sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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