Mill House is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 July 1988. House. 2 related planning applications.

Mill House

WRENN ID
ruined-chapel-heath
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Calderdale
Constituency
Calder Valley MP: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 July 1988
Type
House
Address
Mill House, Rails Lane, HX2 6RF
OS grid reference
SE 038 264
Coordinates
53.73483, -1.94336
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Mill House is a house that dates from the 17th century, with additions and alterations made in the early to mid-19th century. It is constructed of coursed squared stone that has been painted, and it features a stone slate roof. The building has two storeys and four bays, with later additions at the rear.

At the front, there is a plinth and a chamfered quoined doorway located between the third and fourth bays, which is covered by a gabled porch added around 1980. To the right of the doorway is a 20th-century window, and to the left is a tall two-light window with four-pane sashes. There is another door, which is glazed, in a plain stone surround in the second bay, accompanied by a four-pane window to its left. The first bay has a four-pane sash window to the left of a projecting lateral stack.

On the first floor, there are chamfered mullion windows, arranged from left to right as follows: a two-light window (with the mullion missing), a six-light window, another six-light window, and a seven-light window. The roof features shaped kneelers with finials and ashlar coping. There is an end stack to the right that has been heightened above the cornice, and a ridge stack located between the second and third bays.

On the right side of the house, there is a chamfered doorway with a four-centred arch that has been blocked, along with a window. The left side features a four-light window under a hoodmould on the first floor.

Local climate

Mill House 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 4 transactions since 1996
  • Related listed building consents — 2 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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