Babbs Mill is a Grade II listed building in the Birmingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 July 1982. Mill house. 1 related planning application.
Babbs Mill
- WRENN ID
- low-bracket-ebony
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North MP: Liam Byrne (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 July 1982
- Type
- Mill house
- Address
- Babbs Mill, Gressel Lane B33, B33 9UJ
- OS grid reference
- SP 161 877
- Coordinates
- 52.48724, -1.76374
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Babbs Mill is a 18th century mill house named after John Babb, a miller who died in 1651. The building includes an adjoining mill keeper's cottage on the left. Both structures are two storeys high and have two bays, with the mill house being taller and slightly set forward from the keeper's cottage. The exterior is made of brick, which is partly painted, and features a tiled roof.
The mill house has been altered and now includes ground and first floor casement windows with segment heads. The keeper's cottage also has casement windows on both floors, with the ground floor windows having segmental heads. The mill house has a slightly off-centre door, while the cottage features a slatted door on the right side. The mill itself is timber framed and has a dentilled eaves cornice along with an attic storey. There is an outbuilding located to the left of the cottage.
Local climate
Babbs Mill receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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 — 2 transactions since 1996
- 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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