Former Powder House at N R Sk 256623 is a Grade II listed building in the Derbyshire Dales local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 February 1991. Powder house.
Former Powder House at N R Sk 256623
- WRENN ID
- half-moulding-azure
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Derbyshire Dales
- Constituency
- Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 February 1991
- Type
- Powder house
- Address
- Former Powder House at N R Sk 256623, Birchover
- OS grid reference
- SK 257 623
- Coordinates
- 53.15747, -1.61711
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former powder house, built around 1880, served as a magazine or dry powder store. It is constructed from coursed rubble gritstone with brick, featuring a cement-rendered blue brick tunnel vaulted roof. The building consists of a single chamber with an entrance on the east side and is designed to be 'over-constructed' to withstand explosions. The walls exhibit a noticeable batter, and there is a dressed stone eaves band. Inside, the roof is reinforced with heavy purlins, rafters, and shuttering, and it originally had an internal timber lining. This structure is a remarkable survival linked to the now-demolished Millclose lead mine.
Local climate
Former Powder House at N R Sk 256623 receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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