Old Townford Mill is a Grade II* listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1950. A C19 Mill. 3 related planning applications.
Old Townford Mill
- WRENN ID
- south-newel-vetch
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 February 1950
- Type
- Mill
- Address
- Old Townford Mill, Causeway, Halstead, CO9 1ET
- OS grid reference
- TL 813 303
- Coordinates
- 51.94253, 0.63627
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Old Townford Mill was built in 1807 by Samuel Courtauld when he relocated from Pebmarsh to establish his silk mills in Braintree. It is the only remaining original building, as modern mills now extend over a larger area. The mill is three stories high, weatherboarded, with roofs made of grey slate and features rows of windows with small glazing bars. It stands across the river stream and originally housed a beam engine. The mill forms a picturesque group with Mill House.
Local climate
Old Townford Mill 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.
- No sale records on file
- 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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