Alton Mill is a Grade II listed building in the Amber Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 March 1986. Mill.
Alton Mill
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Amber Valley
- Constituency
- Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 March 1986
- Type
- Mill
- Address
- Alton Mill, Wirksworth Road, Idridgehay and Alton
- OS grid reference
- SK 287 500
- Coordinates
- 53.04665, -1.57318
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Alton Mill is an outbuilding that was formerly a water-powered corn mill, dating back to 1695. It is constructed of coursed rubble gritstone, featuring coped gables and a tiled roof. The south elevation displays an irregular pattern of openings, including four ground floor openings, with the central doorway having a stepped chamfer lintel. Above, there is a first-floor overloft doorway in the center. The doors are plain and planked. The south gable includes two w-light chamfered mullioned windows, although the ground floor opening has had its mullion removed. An inscribed stone on the south elevation reads 'WILLIAM MASKEREY AD 1695. MWI JOHN SHIPMAN AD 1695', while another stone with illegible initials bears the date of 1761. The roof timbers have been replaced with modern materials, and the original machinery is no longer present. The mill is located by the River Ecclesbourne.
Local climate
Alton Mill receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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