Ambler Mill and Midland Mills Warehouses is a Grade II listed building in the Bradford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 August 1983. Mill complex. 8 related planning applications.
Ambler Mill and Midland Mills Warehouses
- WRENN ID
- muted-parapet-lark
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bradford
- Constituency
- Bradford West MP: Naz Shah (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 August 1983
- Type
- Mill complex
- Address
- Ambler Mill and Midland Mills Warehouses, Cape Street
- OS grid reference
- SE 164 338
- Coordinates
- 53.80047, -1.75203
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Ambler Mill and Midland Mills Warehouses is a large mill complex built between 1871 and 1873, located on Cape Street in Bradford. This complex extends back to Valley Road. One of the warehouses and the chimney have been demolished. The Midland Mills were designed by Andrews and Pepper before their significant commission for Manningham Mills. The remaining warehouse and spinning mill are situated on either side of Cape Street, connected by a lodge at the second floor level.
The building is four storeys high, with the north block constructed of sandstone "brick" featuring ashlar dressings, while the south block is entirely made of ashlar. Architectural details include sill bands, modillion bracket eaves cornices, and parapets. The south range has a low rock-faced semi-basement and tall ground floor windows with aprons. The windows are closely set with ashlar lintels, and the ground floor windows are segmental arched. The south block consists of two sections: the return to Valley Road features a pediment-gable, and the slightly lower range facing Canal Road has a corner pavilion, with the parapet topped by iron scrolled cresting.
Local climate
Ambler Mill and Midland Mills Warehouses sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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 2015
- Related listed building consents — 8 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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