New Mills is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 November 1973. Mill. 5 related planning applications.
New Mills
- WRENN ID
- wild-wicket-plum
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 November 1973
- Type
- Mill
- Address
- New Mills, South Street, CM7 3GB
- OS grid reference
- TL 757 228
- Coordinates
- 51.87612, 0.5524
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A silk-throwing mill was built in 1810 by George Courtauld, representing an interesting and unusual example of early 19th-century industrial development. The mill comprises three blocks of similar design from the same period. The most significant block faces North onto South Street, standing two storeys high with basements at its eastern end. The upper storey is clad in weatherboards, while the ground storey is constructed of brick. The facade features long runs of windows containing fixed lights and top-hung casements, characterised by glazing bars and small panes of glass. The eastern section of this block steps back slightly and has a five-window range of double-hung sashes with glazing bars. A single doorway is present, incorporating a semi-circular fanlight and pilasters. The roof is slate, with the rear blocks having corrugated asbestos roofing. New Mills and numbers 66 to 70 (even) form a group.
Local climate
New Mills sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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 — 22 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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