Lowestwood (Titanic) Mill is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 April 1983. Mill. 8 related planning applications.

Lowestwood (Titanic) Mill

WRENN ID
proud-pavement-reed
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kirklees
Constituency
Colne Valley MP: Paul Davies (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 April 1983
Type
Mill
Address
Lowestwood (Titanic) Mill, HD7 5UN
OS grid reference
SE 097 146
Coordinates
53.62842, -1.8537
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The building is a massive woollen mill, constructed circa 1911. It is built of hammer-dressed stone with a triple-hipped slate roof. The mill is six storeys high and comprises 26 bays by 6 bays, featuring industrial casement windows. Corner bays break forward slightly and are topped with a parapet, incorporating paned round arched windows. Other casements have shallow segmental heads. A section of seven bays on the north-west elevation also breaks forward and is surmounted by an ashlar parapet with dies. A square stair tower is located on the south-east side, rising above the eaves and featuring triple round arched windows, topped with a bracketed cornice and parapet.

Local climate

Lowestwood (Titanic) Mill sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 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 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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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  • Radon risk assessment
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