The Cottage Building at Dickinson's Mill is a Grade II listed building in the Dacorum local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 February 1977. Cottage.

The Cottage Building at Dickinson's Mill

WRENN ID
vacant-hall-gold
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dacorum
Constituency
Hemel Hempstead MP: David Taylor (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 February 1977
Type
Cottage
Address
The Cottage Building at Dickinson's Mill, London Road
OS grid reference
TL 062 049
Coordinates
51.73344, -0.4626
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Cottage Building at Dickinson's Mill is an 18th century or earlier cottage that has been significantly altered and is currently used as offices. It is part of a larger block that was originally a paper mill, which was converted from a corn mill in the 18th century. The building was purchased by Dickinson in 1809 and supplied cartridge paper for the British army during the Napoleonic Wars. The ground floor is made of whitewashed brick, while the first floor features vertical boarding on a timber frame. The roof is tiled and the building has two storeys. The first floor includes two lattice casement windows and five casement windows with glazing bars. The ground floor has four small windows and two 19th century sash bay windows with pentice roofs. The building is listed partly for its historical interest.

Local climate

The Cottage Building at Dickinson's Mill sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% 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 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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