Stone Dam Mills is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 January 1998. Mill. 1 related planning application.

Stone Dam Mills

WRENN ID
winter-quoin-dawn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Calderdale
Constituency
Halifax MP: Kate Dearden (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 January 1998
Type
Mill
Address
Stone Dam Mills, Well Lane
OS grid reference
SE 097 253
Coordinates
53.72476, -1.85438
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Stone Dam Mills is a steam-powered worsted spinning mill, now serving as a warehouse shop. It was constructed around 1836 and extended around 1855. The building is made of thin coursed sandstone and features a stone slate roof.

The mill stands five storeys tall, plus garrets. The south front has 18 windows, with those in the left end bay slightly set back at the stair tower. The original structure has 12 windows, while the left extension adds five more. The ground floor features an off-centre doorway, with eight windows to the left and six to the right. The first and second floors have 16 windows, including a former tall engine-house window on the right that has been divided into two windows with rusticated jambs. Above, there are 18 additional windows. The west gable wall has a projecting stair tower to the right, with a single central taking-in door on each floor.

The north front has 17 windows arranged in a pattern of 8:1:8, with a central projecting bay topped by a single round-headed garret window and gable. The fenestration is regular throughout, except for the east end, which features an in-built engine house lit by a single tall round-headed window with a rusticated surround that spans three floors. The east gable wall has three windows at the third and fourth floor levels, along with a single Venetian window in the gable.

Inside, the mill has wooden beams supporting timber floor joists and floors, along with central cast-iron columns. The original wooden roof remains intact. This worsted spinning mill was built for William Huntriss, who purchased the site in November 1836.

Local climate

Stone Dam Mills sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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