Two Portals to Mill (Premises Occupied by Systematic Glazing Services Installations Limited) is a Grade II listed building in the Bradford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 August 1983. Mill.
Two Portals to Mill (Premises Occupied by Systematic Glazing Services Installations Limited)
- WRENN ID
- kindled-trefoil-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bradford
- Constituency
- Bradford South MP: Judith Cummins (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 August 1983
- Type
- Mill
- Address
- Two Portals to Mill (Premises Occupied by Systematic Glazing Services Installations Limited), Beacon Road
- OS grid reference
- SE 126 307
- Coordinates
- 53.77252, -1.8095
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building consists of two portals to a mill, which is currently occupied by Systematic Glazing Services Installations Limited. The mill, known as Bank Top Mill, is one of the earliest worsted mills in Horton, dating from 1817. It underwent significant enlargement between 1860 and 1866, and the unaltered portals are dated 1864.
The large ashlar portals are positioned on either side of the set-back front of the mill. They feature chamfered quoins and archivolt archways, which are adorned with bearded head keystones and impost mouldings. The portals are topped with entablatures that have bracket cornices. Notably, the east portal is crowned by a large scroll, supported by a cornice, which features a blind plaque or cartouche surrounded by a wreath. The architects responsible for the enlargement of the mill and the design of the portals were Milnes and France.
Local climate
Two Portals to Mill (Premises Occupied by Systematic Glazing Services Installations Limited) 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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