The Old Needle Mill is a Grade II listed building in the Redditch local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 November 1986. A C19 Needle mill.
The Old Needle Mill
- WRENN ID
- hollow-vault-swift
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Redditch
- Constituency
- Redditch MP: Chris Bloore (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 November 1986
- Type
- Needle mill
- Address
- The Old Needle Mill, 42, High Street, Feckenham
- OS grid reference
- SP 009 615
- Coordinates
- 52.25198, -1.98735
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Needle Mill is a needle mill that has been converted into a house. It dates from the early 19th century and was converted and restored in the mid-20th century. The building features stuccoed brick on a sandstone base and has a slate roof that is hipped at the south end, with two rendered ridge stacks. It is two storeys high and has a moulded eaves cornice.
The facade consists of six bays, which are highlighted by a round-headed blind arcade with an impost band. The ground floor has five original multi-paned metal windows with cambered heads, while the first floor features six original lunettes with radiating glazing bars set beneath round arches and above the impost band. Above the four central bays, there is a pedimented gable that contains a small circular louvred opening. The main entrance, located in the fourth bay from the left, has a moulded cambered canopy supported by fluted consoles and a 5-panelled round-headed 20th-century door. The south side wall also has two similar lunettes.
Inside, the building retains original ceiling beams. The Old Needle Mill is one of the smaller and more interestingly designed buildings in the region that is connected with the needle-making industry.
Local climate
The Old Needle Mill receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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