Knowles Mill is a Grade II listed building in the Wyre Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 May 1986. Water mill. 1 related planning application.
Knowles Mill
- WRENN ID
- vacant-quartz-hawk
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wyre Forest
- Constituency
- Wyre Forest MP: Mark Garnier (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 May 1986
- Type
- Water mill
- Address
- Knowles Mill, Dowles Brook, Bewdley, DY12 2LX
- OS grid reference
- SO 762 765
- Coordinates
- 52.38683, -2.35082
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Knowles Mill is a water mill dating from the late 18th century, with some alterations made in the mid-19th century. The building is constructed from random sandstone rubble, featuring brick dressings and a tiled roof. The east gable has two storeys, with a stable door on the ground floor and a loft on the first floor, along with a 2-light casement window in the attic. On the west gable, there is an overshot iron mill wheel, and inside the mill, remnants of the gearing can be found, including a spur gear retaining the pit-wheel, wallower, great spur wheel, and crown wheel. The mill originally had two pairs of stones.
Local climate
Knowles Mill receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- 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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