Silk Mill Museum Of Making is a Grade II listed building in the Derby local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1977. Industrial museum. 10 related planning applications.
Silk Mill Museum Of Making
- WRENN ID
- heavy-gateway-sage
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Derby
- Constituency
- Derby South MP: Baggy Shanker (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 February 1977
- Type
- Industrial museum
- Address
- Silk Mill Museum Of Making, Full Street, City of Derby, DE1 3AF
- OS grid reference
- SK 353 366
- Coordinates
- 52.92584, -1.47569
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Silk Mill Museum of Making is a building that was rebuilt in the late 19th century but retains some brickwork from the original silk mill established in 1717 by John Lombe, the first silk mill in the country. It is constructed of red brick and consists of three and four storeys, featuring an octagonal tower block with an octahedral slate roof. The building is situated on arches on an island in the river. There are no original architectural ornaments remaining, and the fine gates by Bakewell have been relocated to Wardwick. The building was converted into an industrial museum in 1974.
Local climate
Silk Mill Museum Of Making receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 10 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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