Warehouse Now Occupied by Dalton and Company Limited Silkolene Lubricants is a Grade II listed building in the Amber Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 December 1979. Warehouse.
Warehouse Now Occupied by Dalton and Company Limited Silkolene Lubricants
- WRENN ID
- over-niche-raven
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Amber Valley
- Constituency
- Mid Derbyshire MP: Jonathan Davies (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 December 1979
- Type
- Warehouse
- Address
- Warehouse Now Occupied by Dalton and Company Limited Silkolene Lubricants, Derby Road, Belper
- OS grid reference
- SK 347 471
- Coordinates
- 53.02039, -1.48411
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This building is a warehouse that is currently occupied by Dalton and Company Limited, which produces Silkolene lubricants. It was constructed between 1802 and 1834 and originally served as a warehouse for the domestic framework knitting industry. The structure is made of ashlar stone and features moulded cornices on the pedimented gable ends. It has three storeys and a symmetrical facade with 21 windows, of which the centre five are slightly advanced. The windows are sashes with glazing bars. There is an eaves band and a blocking course, along with bands at the sills of the first and second floors. The centre of the building has a pedimented stone porch. The interior is reported to have a good staircase.
Local climate
Warehouse Now Occupied by Dalton and Company Limited Silkolene Lubricants 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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