The Old Mill is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. Tower mill. 6 related planning applications.
The Old Mill
- WRENN ID
- tilted-balcony-heath
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire MP: Ian Sollom (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Tower mill
- Address
- The Old Mill, 61, Boxworth Road, Elsworth, CB23 4LJ
- OS grid reference
- TL 326 641
- Coordinates
- 52.25931, -0.05842
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a tower mill, dating to around 1840 and later dated J.P./W.P. 1854 on a brick arch over the former main door. The mill is constructed of tarred gault brick, with a tapering tower of four storeys and no cap. It has cast iron windows with glazing bars arranged in a fan shape to round headed arches on each floor. The mill originally had floor sails and a gallery, and was in use until 1922. A single-storey extension was added, and the mill was converted to domestic use around 1935.
Local climate
The Old Mill sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2006
- Related listed building consents — 6 applications
- 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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