The Old Water Mill is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 July 1984. Former mill. 3 related planning applications.
The Old Water Mill
- WRENN ID
- haunted-arch-harvest
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Calderdale
- Constituency
- Calder Valley MP: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 July 1984
- Type
- Former mill
- Address
- The Old Water Mill, Foxen Lane, Ripponden, HX6 3JN
- OS grid reference
- SE 035 211
- Coordinates
- 53.68711, -1.94822
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Water Mill is a former mill dating from the early to mid-19th century, and later converted into seven flats. It is constructed of hammer-dressed stone with a stone slate roof. The building is two storeys and has an attic. The prominent gables face the lane, and all windows have plain stone surrounds with projecting sills. The building has five bays, with a doorway featuring tie stone jambs set in the second bay. The central bay has shallower windows, and a roof dormer over the central three bays. A six-bay return front has windows of a similar style. At the rear, there is a single-bay extension which partially obscures a blocked Venetian window in the gable apex. The mill was a former cotton mill belonging to George Hinchliffe of Cragg in Erringden, and was in his possession until his death in 1854.
Local climate
The Old Water 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 25 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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