L Shaped Block at South West Corner of Nortonthorpe Mills is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 March 1987. Mill building.

L Shaped Block at South West Corner of Nortonthorpe Mills

WRENN ID
hollow-stone-oak
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kirklees
Constituency
Ossett and Denby Dale MP: Jade Botterill (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 March 1987
Type
Mill building
Address
L Shaped Block at South West Corner of Nortonthorpe Mills, Cuttlehurst, Denby Dale
OS grid reference
SE 246 100
Coordinates
53.58619, -1.62925
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a mill building located at the south-west corner of Nortonthorpe Mills, dating from the mid-19th century with later alterations. It is constructed from coursed squared stone with ashlar dressings and features a slate roof. The building has an L-shaped layout and stands three storeys high, with part of it having a basement.

The roadside front, which faces west, consists of three bays on the left-hand block and seven bays on the right-hand block, with the left block having a gable end. A plinth band runs along the base. The windows are primarily 16-pane sashes with glazing bars, although the ground floor has been replaced with 20th-century windows. The stone lintels and cills are present, along with cill bands on the first and second floors.

Each block has a central doorway with steps leading up to a four-panel double door topped with an overlight, framed by an architrave with pilasters, a frieze, a cornice, and a blocking course. The right-hand doorway features semi-circular steps, while the left-hand doorway has glazing bars on its overlight, and a window to its left has been converted into a doorway. There is a narrow gap between the two blocks, which is bridged by an entrance with steps leading up to another four-panel double door, complete with a fanlight and a keyed segmental arch. Below the segmental-arched corniced ashlar panel, there is raised lettering. The building has paired gutter brackets and two corniced stacks at the eaves of the right-hand block, with hipped roofs.

On the right return, or south front, there are 16-pane sashes on the upper floors. The north front features a basement storey on the left due to the sloping ground, which includes a segmental-arched cart entry with double board doors. Many of the windows retain their small-pane glazing, which is also present on the southern elevation of this block.

Local climate

L Shaped Block at South West Corner of Nortonthorpe Mills receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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