Empire Mills is a Grade II listed building in the East Lindsey local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 July 1987. Water mill, restaurant.
Empire Mills
- WRENN ID
- secret-moulding-soot
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Lindsey
- Constituency
- Louth and Horncastle MP: Victoria Atkins (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 July 1987
- Type
- Water mill, restaurant
- Address
- Empire Mills, Authorpe Road, Claythorpe
- OS grid reference
- TF 414 790
- Coordinates
- 53.28926, 0.11996
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Empire Mills is a water mill that has been converted into a restaurant. It was originally built in the 18th century, largely rebuilt in the early 19th century, and had its top storey added in 1890 after a fire. The building features colourwashed brickwork and a hipped pantile roof. It has three storeys and a three-bay front, with a planked door on the ground floor. Above this, there are three small glazing bar casements with painted brick arches on both upper floors. The mill was originally powered by an overshot water wheel, which was replaced by a turbine after the fire. The steel wheel and gearing are still present, and the turbine is located at the rear of the mill in a small outshot with a tall brick chimney stack. This mill is notable for being the last regularly worked water mill in Lincolnshire, although the water power has not been used since 1977.
Local climate
Empire Mills receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% 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 21 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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