Mill at Higham Dairy Farm is a Grade II listed building in the North East Derbyshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 March 1984. A 18th century Watermill. 1 related planning application.

Mill at Higham Dairy Farm

WRENN ID
ruined-minaret-bracken
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North East Derbyshire
Constituency
Bolsover MP: Natalie Fleet (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 March 1984
Type
Watermill
Address
Mill at Higham Dairy Farm, Bumpmill Lane, Shirland and Higham, DE55 6AH
OS grid reference
SK 387 583
Coordinates
53.12135, -1.42314
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Mill at Higham Dairy Farm is a watermill built in 1750, with a 19th-century addition. It is constructed of coursed square sandstone, featuring gritstone dressings and quoins, and has plain tile roofs. The stone-coped gables are supported by plain kneelers. The building has two bays and stands two storeys tall, plus attics.

On the west elevation, there is a flush quoined doorcase with a plank door. To the south, there is a 2-light flush mullion window, with a similar window located above it. To the north, there is a lower two-storey 19th-century addition, which has two doorcases on the south elevation; the one to the west features a large punched stone lintel, with an inserted door above. The west gable wall includes two windows, while both the south and north gable walls each have two 18th-century 2-light flush mullion windows, one positioned above the other. Remains of machinery can still be seen on the north side of the mill.

Local climate

Mill at Higham Dairy Farm 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 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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