Front Tower at Wellington Mills is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. Mill. 6 related planning applications.
Front Tower at Wellington Mills
- WRENN ID
- vacant-rotunda-dew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Colne Valley MP: Paul Davies (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Mill
- Address
- Front Tower at Wellington Mills, Plover Road
- OS grid reference
- SE 116 176
- Coordinates
- 53.65489, -1.82566
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The front tower at Wellington Mills dates from the mid-19th century. It is constructed of hammer-dressed stone with a hipped slate roof featuring a decorative sprocketed cresting and elaborate cast ironwork. The tower rises four storeys with an attic. It has a moulded eaves cornice supported by brackets, continuous sill bands, and impost bands. The facades incorporate two ranges of round-arched sash windows, each with a keystone. A stone-fronted gabled dormer is present, featuring an oculus. A segment-headed arch at ground floor level is embellished with vermiculated voussoirs and moulded imposts, above which is a frieze bearing “Wellington Mills” incised in a serifed font. Cast iron gates with fleur-de-lys finials and spur stones are also part of the structure.
Local climate
Front Tower at Wellington Mills sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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 — 6 transactions since 2005
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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