Clophill Mill is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 October 1952. Watermill.
Clophill Mill
- WRENN ID
- strange-rood-rook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Mid Bedfordshire MP: Blake Stephenson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 October 1952
- Type
- Watermill
- Address
- Clophill Mill, High Street
- OS grid reference
- TL 085 379
- Coordinates
- 52.02916, -0.41853
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Clophill Mill is a late 18th-century watermill located on the south side of Clophill High Street. The building is constructed of red brick featuring chequered decoration with flared headers. The basement and the bridge that carries the mill race are made of coursed ironstone, and the roof is covered with clay tiles.
The rectangular structure has a gable end facing the road and consists of two storeys plus attics over a basement. The east and west elevations each have a four-window range, with all windows being 19th-century cast iron casements that have been rebuilt with cambered heads. There is a plank door in the third bay and a loading door in the second bay of the first floor. On the road gable end, there is a blocked doorway on the first floor and a single light window in the attic, which also features exposed timber framing. The east elevation has similar window arrangements. Notably, a substantial undershot wheel remains in place under the bridge.
Local climate
Clophill Mill sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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