Weir on River Aire at Armley Mills is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. A 1788 Weir. 1 related planning application.

Weir on River Aire at Armley Mills

WRENN ID
floating-flagstone-fog
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Leeds
Constituency
Leeds West and Pudsey MP: Rachel Reeves (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Weir
Period
1788
Address
Weir on River Aire at Armley Mills, Canal Road
OS grid reference
SE 273 341
Coordinates
53.80319, -1.58585
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The weir on the River Aire at Armley Mills is a structure that may date back to medieval times but was enlarged and rebuilt around 1788 by engineer John Sutcliffe of Halifax for Thomas Lloyd. It has been repaired following bomb damage in 1942. The weir is approximately 140 meters long and features massive gritstone slabs set on edge, along with concrete repairs. Its purpose is to direct the major flow of water through the mill at all times. A fulling mill existed at Armley by the mid-16th century, leased by Richard Booth from Henry Savile.

Local climate

Weir on River Aire at Armley Mills 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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