Water Tower to Lumbutts Old Mill is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1984. Water tower.
Water Tower to Lumbutts Old Mill
- WRENN ID
- young-niche-solstice
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Calderdale
- Constituency
- Calder Valley MP: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1984
- Type
- Water tower
- Address
- Water Tower to Lumbutts Old Mill, Lumbutts Road, Todmorden
- OS grid reference
- SD 956 234
- Coordinates
- 53.70731, -2.06723
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The water tower to Lumbutts Old Mill is an early 19th-century structure built from hammer-dressed stone. Originally part of a cotton mill that is no longer standing, the tower stands 98 feet tall and has a rectangular plan with a lateral chimney that houses a spiral staircase. It is designed in three stages, each stepping back from the one below, and features semi-circular arched doorways at each level. The top stage has a square window, which is now blocked, and is topped with a heavy balustrade that is square in section. To the north of the tower is the base of the housing for a vertical beam engine. The tower originally contained three waterwheels that were fed from the top, but these were later replaced by a pelton-wheel, which has since been removed. This structure serves as a striking industrial monument.
Local climate
Water Tower to Lumbutts Old Mill sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 57 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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