Masson Mills is a Grade II* listed building in the Derbyshire Dales local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 July 1955. Mill. 7 related planning applications.
Masson Mills
- WRENN ID
- rough-stair-twilight
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Derbyshire Dales
- Constituency
- Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 July 1955
- Type
- Mill
- Address
- Masson Mills, Derby Road, Matlock Bath, DE4 3PY
- OS grid reference
- SK 294 573
- Coordinates
- 53.11253, -1.56185
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Masson Mills, located on Derby Road in Cromford, is a significant building dating from around 1783 and later. This Grade II* listed structure features a painted brick centre block that was originally constructed for Sir Richard Arkwright. The centre block stands four storeys high and has three windows, with the outer windows designed in a Venetian style and the central window being semi-circular, all framed in stone surrounds. The main entrance is also framed in stone, and the building has rusticated quoins at the front angles. At the top, there is a coped parapet adorned with two oval plaques and a central circular plaque. Flanking the centre block are later additions, five-storeyed wings made of painted brick, each featuring eight windows with channelled lintels. The left-hand block has quoins at its side, while the building has plain eaves and is topped with slate roofing.
Local climate
Masson Mills receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2009
- Related listed building consents — 7 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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