Borley Mill is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 August 1986. Watermill. 3 related planning applications.
Borley Mill
- WRENN ID
- gilded-balcony-elm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 August 1986
- Type
- Watermill
- Address
- Borley Mill, CO10 7AB
- OS grid reference
- TL 858 429
- Coordinates
- 52.05396, 0.70934
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Borley Mill is a watermill dating from the mid-18th century. It is timber-framed and clad in weatherboards, with a red plain tile roof. The three-storey main block has a three-window front, featuring 18th and 20th century vertical sliding sash windows with glazing bars. A gabled lucombe is supported by arched elements, alongside a vertical sliding sash window with glazing bars. A red brick plinth runs along the base. A small, single-storey lean-to extension is situated on the right-hand side, with a vertical sliding sash window and glazing bars. A rear wing consists of two parallel ranges projecting to the southwest, also timber-framed and weatherboarded with a red plain tile roof. Late 19th century vertical sliding sash windows are present, along with a red brick stack.
Local climate
Borley 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 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% 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 2005
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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