Brierfield Mills is a Grade II listed building in the Pendle local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1988. Mill. 17 related planning applications.
Brierfield Mills
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-bonework-jay
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Pendle
- Constituency
- Burnley MP: Oliver Ryan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 January 1988
- Type
- Mill
- Address
- Brierfield Mills, Glen Way
- OS grid reference
- SD 844 365
- Coordinates
- 53.82517, -2.23776
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Brierfield Mills is a mill building dated 1868, constructed of stone with a roof that is partly slate and partly corrugated. The structure has 2, 3, and 4 storeys, situated on a sloping site. The northern block consists of two parts: the section on the left is made of rock-faced stone and has 2 storeys with 10 bays. It features tall, large-pane windows on the ground floor and semi-circular headed windows above, connected by a continuous string course. There is a large, semi-circular arch-headed doorway with vermiculated voussoirs, leading to a modern door with a fanlight, and twin semi-circular headed windows above. The section has a plain parapet with bold dentillation and a small pediment.
The section on the right is built of ashlar and also has 2 storeys with 6 bays. Its windows have semi-circular heads that form a continuous arcade, with alternate voussoirs emphasized. The first-floor windows are similar but have segmental heads with stressed keystones. Above the doorway, there are semi-circular headed windows. This section features a dentilled parapet with a broken pediment.
At the rear, there is a clock tower that rises in four stages, with a circular base and a square tower. It has a small window with a segmental head, and the clock face is set in a semi-circular arched head that extends as a string course. The tower is topped with a dentillated cornice and a pyramidal roof, making it a prominent feature on the valley side.
Local climate
Brierfield Mills sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,250 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2016
- Related listed building consents — 17 applications
- 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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