Two Parallel Blocks (5 Storey to Road, 6 Storey to Rear) with Chimney Between and Office Block and Lodge to Right of Entrance at Whetley Mills (D Illingworth and Sons Mills) is a Grade II listed building in the Bradford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 August 1983. Mill complex. 15 related planning applications.

Two Parallel Blocks (5 Storey to Road, 6 Storey to Rear) with Chimney Between and Office Block and Lodge to Right of Entrance at Whetley Mills (D Illingworth and Sons Mills)

WRENN ID
second-slate-stoat
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
Two Parallel Blocks (5 Storey to Road, 6 Storey to Rear) with Chimney Between and Office Block and Lodge to Right of Entrance at Whetley Mills (D Illingworth and Sons Mills), Thornton Road Bd8, BD8 8LQ
OS grid reference
SE 147 336
Coordinates
53.79895, -1.77766
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Whetley Mills, built in 1865, is a notable mill complex featuring two parallel blocks, with five storeys facing the road and six storeys at the rear. Designed by Milnes and France, it includes one of the finest remaining mill chimneys in Bradford. The building is constructed from sandstone "brick" with ashlar dressings. The long ranges have closely set ashlar lintel windows on sill bands, with round arches on the ground floor and a rusticated lower ground floor. The eaves cornices are decorated with mutules, and the roofs are slate with coped gable ends featuring oculi. The taller rear range has stair turrets at the east end and rests on a massive square plinth. Between the two ranges stands a very tall octagonal mill chimney made of sandstone "brick," which is capped with giant console brackets and a deep scalloped blocking course. To the right of the entrance gates, there is a lodge and a set-back two-storey office range that features archivolt segmental arched windows and an impost string, along with a deep bracketed eaves cornice.

Local climate

Two Parallel Blocks (5 Storey to Road, 6 Storey to Rear) with Chimney Between and Office Block and Lodge to Right of Entrance at Whetley Mills (D Illingworth and Sons Mills) 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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