Wem Mill is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 June 1983. Mill. 1 related planning application.
Wem Mill
- WRENN ID
- pale-alcove-russet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- North Shropshire MP: Helen Morgan (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 June 1983
- Type
- Mill
- Address
- Wem Mill, Mill Street, Wem Urban, SY4 5ED
- OS grid reference
- SJ 511 285
- Coordinates
- 52.85262, -2.72618
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Wem Mill is an early 19th century mill building that features a large extension added around the mid-19th century. The original section, located at the north, is constructed of red brick and has a low pitched hipped slate roof with a sandstone ashlar plinth. It stands three storeys tall and has three bays, with the centre bay being blind. The building is adorned with sash windows that have glazing bars and plain stone lintels. There is a central doorway above ground level, which has a modern platform in front and a large modern canopy above it. The side elevation facing the road also has three bays, a wide gable, and a central doorway on each floor, topped by a gabled hoist house. There are blind windows on the left and right, with ground floor sashes.
The mid-19th century extension to the south is a large red brick structure with a tiled roof featuring stone coped gable ends, shaped kneelers, and stone eaves. This part of the mill rises four storeys and includes an attic, with four bays and doorways on the left and right for each floor. The windows are iron-frame and set in segmental-arched openings. A tall chimney stack rises from the east side of the extension.
Local climate
Wem Mill receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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
- Sale history — 13 transactions since 2011
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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