Albion Mill is a Grade II listed building in the Staffordshire Moorlands local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 April 1951. Mill.
Albion Mill
- WRENN ID
- slow-wall-holly
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Constituency
- Staffordshire Moorlands MP: Dame Karen Bradley (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 April 1951
- Type
- Mill
- Address
- Albion Mill, Albion Street, Leek
- OS grid reference
- SJ 983 561
- Coordinates
- 53.10251, -2.0261
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Albion Mill is a silk mill dating from around 1815, now used as an animal feed mill. The original range on Albion Street was extended to the southwest with a new section built in 1887. The building features Flemish bond brickwork with blue headers and a plain-tiled roof. The Albion Street range is constructed of red brick with blue brick and stone dressings, showcasing an Italianate style.
The exterior consists of three storeys and a 15-window range, with a doorway located in the fourth bay from the right. The entrance has a reeded doorcase and a plain fanlight. The windows are fitted with stone cills and flat lintels, featuring 24-pane sash windows on the first floor and 16-pane sashes above. Some cast-iron fixed light windows, particularly on the King Street return, may be the original window style. Many lower and upper windows are boarded over. A bell cupola with an ogee leaded roof is supported by turned baluster columns at the center. At the rear, there is a chimney with a square-section base and a cylindrical shaft topped with a moulded cap.
On the King Street return, there is a three-window range followed by a two-storey block that includes an entrance to the rear yard. This area features an archway with stone voussoirs and a wide window above that is boarded over. The ground floor has stone quoins at the angles. The Albion Street facade has two storeys and a six-window range, with a round-arched doorway and fanlight on the left, which is dated in the keystone of the arch. The lower windows are segmentally arched with stone keys, while the upper windows are round-arched, all adorned with blue brick hoodmoulds and stone cills. The roof has two louvres. The extension to this building was added shortly after its construction, featuring an angled corner and a return to Spencer Avenue, comprising a four-window range in a similar style. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Albion Mill receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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