The Mill is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 May 1968. Mill. 3 related planning applications.
The Mill
- WRENN ID
- gilded-sandstone-swallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 May 1968
- Type
- Mill
- Address
- The Mill, Mill Lane, Ashwell, SG7 5LU
- OS grid reference
- TL 267 399
- Coordinates
- 52.04341, -0.15318
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Mill is a building that combines a mill and a mill house, now functioning as a single residence. It dates from the 17th century and was altered and extended around 1973. The original mill house is located at the southern end and features a timber frame with late 19th-century roughcast casing and windows, topped with a plain tile roof. The northern extension, built over the mill race, is constructed of red brick and has a slate roof. The building has two storeys and attics. The southern elevation displays a gable end with glazing bar casements, and the lintels are adorned with bracketed hoods. The walls feature a cement pattern that mimics studwork. There is also a one-storey and attic extension facing the road, which has a tile-hung gable and a small 19th-century chimney stack. Attached to the structure is a small weatherboarded shed from the 19th to 20th century. Notably, the mill wheel at the northern end was brought from Fordham Brewery.
Local climate
The Mill sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1995
- 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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