Retaining Walls to Weir Adjacent to Glow Worm Foundry is a Grade II listed building in the Amber Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 December 1979. Weir.
Retaining Walls to Weir Adjacent to Glow Worm Foundry
- WRENN ID
- rooted-ledge-juniper
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Amber Valley
- Constituency
- Mid Derbyshire MP: Jonathan Davies (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 December 1979
- Type
- Weir
- OS grid reference
- SK 348 453
- Coordinates
- 53.00475, -1.4816
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The retaining walls to the weir adjacent to the Glow-worm Foundry are 18th century structures. They feature a pre-Strutt stone paved sloping weir with a concave curve on the upstream side. The walls are related to a mill-goit that has sluice gates on each side of the river; the northern goit was used to power the Strutt foundry, while the southern goit served the Milford Cotton Mills. Additionally, the stone bases for a former iron footbridge across the weir remain in place.
Local climate
Retaining Walls to Weir Adjacent to Glow Worm Foundry receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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