Smock Mill is a Grade II listed building in the North West Leicestershire local planning authority area, England. Mill. 1 related planning application.

Smock Mill

WRENN ID
frozen-bailey-briar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North West Leicestershire
Constituency
North West Leicestershire MP: Amanda Hack (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Mill
Address
Smock Mill, Mill Lane, Swannington
OS grid reference
SK 410 170
Coordinates
52.74996, -1.39345
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Smock Mill is an 18th-century tower mill located off Loughborough Road in Swannington. It is constructed of brick and stands three storeys tall. The mill features a doorway and several plain rectangular openings. There are slight remains of the cap still visible.

Local climate

Smock Mill sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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