Waterwheel is a Grade II listed building in the Derbyshire Dales local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 October 1972. Waterwheel.
Waterwheel
- WRENN ID
- vacant-flagstone-candle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Derbyshire Dales
- Constituency
- Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 October 1972
- Type
- Waterwheel
- Address
- Waterwheel, Water Lane, Cromford
- OS grid reference
- SK 293 569
- Coordinates
- 53.10909, -1.56292
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The waterwheel on Water Lane in Cromford dates from the late 18th century and was built by Richard Arkwright to supply power for his machine shop. The large iron overshot wheel seems to be a later addition and is situated between a substantial, partly ruined stone wall and the gabled end of the former machine shop, which has undergone significant alterations and is now primarily used as a motor repair shop.
Local climate
Waterwheel 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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