Former Thorpe Mill is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 July 1988. Mill, apartment.
Former Thorpe Mill
- WRENN ID
- heavy-chamber-ivy
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Calderdale
- Constituency
- Halifax MP: Kate Dearden (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 July 1988
- Type
- Mill, apartment
- Address
- Former Thorpe Mill, Thorpe Mill Court, Triangle, Sowerby Bridge, HX6 3DA
- OS grid reference
- SE 044 214
- Coordinates
- 53.68992, -1.9335
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Former Thorpe Mill is a building that dates back to 1824 and has been converted into apartments. It is constructed of coursed squared stone with ashlar dressings and features a stone slate roof. The building stands three storeys high with an attic and has nine bays.
The west front includes a central segmental-arched cart entry that has been converted into a window, framed by a rusticated surround, imposts, and a cornice. To the right, there is an inserted garage door. The windows have plain stone surrounds, with a cill band on the first floor. Each floor features a tripartite window above the cart entry, with sash windows that have glazing bars on the right-hand bays, while the other bays have fixed lights or 20th-century windows. The building has plain gutter brackets on the table.
The rear of the building mirrors the front, although the ground floor is obscured by a 20th-century addition, which is not of interest. There are small rectangular openings in the attic and a clock above the central tripartite windows that displays the date. The left side of the building has two blind windows on the third floor and a Venetian window in the attic, while the right side features a Venetian attic window.
To the south-east of the building, there is a former mill pond with a goit leading to another mill building that has since been demolished, along with a sluice to the river.
Local climate
Former Thorpe Mill 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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