The Abbey Mills (Western Block) is a Grade II listed building in the St Albans local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1971. A C18 Mill. 3 related planning applications.
The Abbey Mills (Western Block)
- WRENN ID
- long-corner-ivory
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- St Albans
- Constituency
- St Albans MP: Daisy Cooper (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1971
- Type
- Mill
- Address
- The Abbey Mills (Western Block), Abbey Mill Lane, AL3 4HG
- OS grid reference
- TL 141 068
- Coordinates
- 51.74872, -0.34753
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Abbey Mills comprise two late 18th-century silk mills, with this description relating to the western block. The building has a long side facing the road, and is three storeys high with an attic, featuring six windows. It is constructed of dark red brick with a slate roof of moderate pitch. The windows are 3-light casements set under segmental brick arches, which incorporate three bricks. The three-bay east return displays a first-floor iron bridge connecting it to the eastern block. The Abbey Mills, alongside Abbey Mill House, form a group.
Local climate
The Abbey Mills (Western Block) 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 11 transactions since 1996
- 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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