Water Mill at Corner of Bury Dell Lane is a Grade II listed building in the St Albans local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1971. Water mill. 5 related planning applications.
Water Mill at Corner of Bury Dell Lane
- WRENN ID
- fossil-flagstone-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- St Albans
- Constituency
- St Albans MP: Daisy Cooper (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1971
- Type
- Water mill
- Address
- Water Mill at Corner of Bury Dell Lane, Park Street, St. Stephen, AL2 2HB
- OS grid reference
- TL 148 039
- Coordinates
- 51.7227, -0.33862
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The water mill at the corner of Bury Dell Lane is an 18th-century structure that is no longer in operation. It has three storeys and a basement, topped with a low-pitched slate roof. The building is constructed of red brick, featuring some random blue headers. The gable end facing the street has a weatherboarded second floor and above, while the lower part is cement rendered. There is only one modern attic window. The mill has several segmental-headed windows on the north and south sides, although most of the windows on the south side are blocked. Additionally, there are two tall segmental arched recesses and a loading door located on the first floor.
Local climate
Water Mill at Corner of Bury Dell Lane 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 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- 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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