Furlong Mill is a Grade II listed building in the Stoke-on-Trent local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 May 1989. Mill. 1 related planning application.

Furlong Mill

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Stoke-on-Trent
Constituency
Stoke-on-Trent North MP: David Williams (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 May 1989
Type
Mill
Address
Furlong Mill, Furlong Lane, City of Stoke-On-Trent, ST6 3LE
OS grid reference
SJ 864 494
Coordinates
53.04174, -2.20325
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Furlong Mill is a mill for the preparation of potting materials, originally built in 1842 and enlarged in 1913, with subsequent alterations. It has a courtyard plan, featuring a frontage range and kilns along with other buildings in the rear yard. The structure is primarily made of brick and has plain tiled roofs.

The two-storey frontage range was constructed in two distinct phases. The main section includes an arched entrance to the yard, which has a cast-iron lintel and a relieving arch above, along with an inscription stone that reads "Furlong Mills. 1842 enlarged 1913," flanked by two windows. Beyond this, there are six bays featuring a round-arched window with wrought-iron glazing bars. To the left is a three-bay section that may be part of the earlier works, displaying segmentally-arched openings on the ground floor, with windows inserted into what was once an arched entry, and sash-type windows above, complete with gauged brick heads.

In the rear yard, there are two calcining kilns adjacent to a 20th-century reinforced concrete building. The kilns are circular with elongated necks, featuring a moulded cap and bands. This mill, along with the two calcining kilns, is the only remaining structure alongside the Etruscan Bone and Flint Mill that was purpose-built for grinding raw materials for the potteries.

Local climate

Furlong Mill receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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