Mill House at William Blyth Ings Yard. is a Grade II listed building in the North Lincolnshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 November 2004. Industrial.

Mill House at William Blyth Ings Yard.

WRENN ID
salt-finial-oak
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Lincolnshire
Constituency
Brigg and Immingham MP: Martin Vickers (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 November 2004
Type
Industrial
Address
Mill House at William Blyth Ings Yard., Barton
OS grid reference
TA 022 233
Coordinates
53.69656, -0.45234
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Mill House at William Blyth Ings Yard is a clay milling house built in the mid to late 19th century or early 20th century. It is constructed of red brick and features a pantile roof. The building has two storeys, with the ground floor having very thick walls, indicating it is the earlier part of the structure. The upper floor dates from the same period as the brick ramp, which includes rails for clay hoppers. Inside, there is early machinery, including three rotating screws known as 'worms' that move the clay toward the extruding mechanisms that shape the wet tiles. This mill house is considered the earliest and most complete of the three surviving mill houses in the Humber Bank yards and is the only one to retain its early in situ machinery. The rails are also believed to be original fixtures. This building is part of a significant industrial complex, along with the associated Blyth yard at Hoe Hill, which is the only tilery still producing handmade roof tiles using traditional methods on the Humber Bank and possibly in the entire country. The complete process can be observed, from the mill house that processes the clay, through the drying sheds where the formed tiles are stored, to the kiln for firing them, which includes an office or lobby for the site foreman and those supervising the kiln firing. Such a well-preserved example of a late 19th century clay tile works is now extremely rare.

Local climate

Mill House at William Blyth Ings Yard. receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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