Upper Sunny Bank Mills (The Two Tall Blocks to East) is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 January 1984. Mill. 2 related planning applications.
Upper Sunny Bank Mills (The Two Tall Blocks to East)
- WRENN ID
- brooding-cobble-equinox
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Colne Valley MP: Paul Davies (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 January 1984
- Type
- Mill
- Address
- Upper Sunny Bank Mills (The Two Tall Blocks to East), Sunny Bank Road, Meltham, HD9 5AA
- OS grid reference
- SE 091 108
- Coordinates
- 53.59411, -1.86335
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
These are two blocks of a larger mill complex, dating from the early to mid-19th century. They are constructed of hammer-dressed stone, with a stone slate roof featuring gable copings on the left-hand block. The left block is four storeys high, and the right block is five storeys high. The windows are industrial casements with glazing bars, except for the top floor of the right block. The left block has nine bays, whereas the right block projects forward and consists of five bays, set back within a four-bay deep section. A low, square, tapering chimney is attached to the rear of the left block, and a later hoist tower is located at the rear of the right block. The mill blocks are prominent features within the surrounding landscape.
Local climate
Upper Sunny Bank Mills (The Two Tall Blocks to East) 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 18 transactions since 2005
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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