Mill Dam Farmhouse and attached cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Derbyshire Dales local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 November 1979. Farmhouse, cottage. 3 related planning applications.

Mill Dam Farmhouse and attached cottage

WRENN ID
inner-baluster-umber
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Derbyshire Dales
Constituency
Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 November 1979
Type
Farmhouse, cottage
Address
Mill Dam Farmhouse and attached cottage, Mill Dam Farm, Mill Dam Lane, Bradley, Ashbourne, Yeldersley, DE6 1PH
OS grid reference
SK 222 452
Coordinates
53.00377, -1.67015
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Mill Dam Farmhouse and the attached cottage are a farmhouse and cottage dating from the 17th century and early 18th century, with some alterations from the 19th century. The buildings are constructed of red brick and feature a plain tile roof, along with remnants of thatch covered by corrugated iron. The farmhouse has a central brick chimney and a gable end stack, following a T-plan layout with two storeys, a single storey, and an attic.

The farmhouse has a lobby entrance plan, with a central blocked doorway beneath a brick arch, which was the former lobby entrance. This doorway is flanked by Yorkshire sliding sash windows under flat brick header lintels, with a later doorway to the left. Above, there are two similar windows on either side of a smaller blocked window. The gable ends also feature three similar windows. Inside the farmhouse, there are stop-chamfered beams and exposed joists.

The cottage, located at the rear, has a single room baffle entry plan and retains some thatch beneath its corrugated iron roof. The east elevation includes a doorway to the right with a segmental arch, which is partly blocked by a later door. To the left is a two-light casement window under a segmental arch, and above is an eyebrow dormer window with a Yorkshire sash. Inside the cottage, the chimney stack has a large smoke chamber supported by a heavy beam, which features moulded stop chamfers. The interior also has chamfered beams and exposed joists, along with one upper cruck truss.

Local climate

Mill Dam Farmhouse and attached cottage receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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