Hergest Mill is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 October 1953. A C18 Mill. 4 related planning applications.
Hergest Mill
- WRENN ID
- winter-loggia-crow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 October 1953
- Type
- Mill
- Address
- Hergest Mill, Hergest Road, Kington, HR5 3EL
- OS grid reference
- SO 287 561
- Coordinates
- 52.19863, -3.04333
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Hergest Mill is an 18th-century mill with 19th-century alterations, located on Hergest Road in Kington. The building is constructed from stone rubble and features a Welsh slate roof, along with a stepped buttress stack on the north-west side. It stands three storeys tall and has various entrances, glazed lights, and openings on the north-west wall, some of which are blocked. The south-east front has late 19th-century additions, and there is a 19th-century wing on the south-east side. The race retains one wooden and one iron wheel spindle, while two overshot wheels were removed during World War II. Inside, the mill retains two vertical shafts and lower stones.
Local climate
Hergest Mill 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 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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