Mill to South of Highbury Works is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. Mill. 1 related planning application.

Mill to South of Highbury Works

WRENN ID
graven-hall-poplar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Leeds
Constituency
Leeds North East MP: Fabian Hamilton (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Mill
Address
Mill to South of Highbury Works, Green Road, LS6 4RD
OS grid reference
SE 283 369
Coordinates
53.82839, -1.57066
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The building is a paper mill, later converted into a tannery, and is now vacant. It was constructed around 1800, with additions made in 1844 and 1857, and features later alterations. Originally built for Thomas Martin, it was converted for Samuel Smith. The structure is made of dressed stone with ashlar dressings and has a hipped corrugated sheet roof that includes eight circular metal ventilators. The building is L-shaped and has three storeys.

The east front has 13 bays, with a pair of double doors on each floor to the right. The ground floor has various blocked windows, while above it features an off-centre loft door, four 2-light windows to the right, and seven similar windows. The upper level has 12 openings, which originally had louvred shutters but are now partly blocked, with 3-light upper windows. The left return to the south has two bays with similar window arrangements.

The west front consists of 12 bays arranged in a 5:8 pattern, with the left block projecting. A set-back wing to the right has eight windows, with eight more above, most of which are blocked. The upper section has eight openings that originally had louvred shutters but are now partly blocked, featuring 2- and 3-light upper windows.

Inside, the building retains wooden beams and floors, along with original wooden staircases. It was initially built as a paper mill and later converted into a tannery.

Local climate

Mill to South of Highbury Works receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 1999
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • 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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