The Abbey Mills (Eastern Side) is a Grade II listed building in the St Albans local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1971. Silk mill.
The Abbey Mills (Eastern Side)
- WRENN ID
- upper-brick-pigeon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- St Albans
- Constituency
- St Albans MP: Daisy Cooper (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1971
- Type
- Silk mill
- Address
- The Abbey Mills (Eastern Side), Abbey Mill Lane, AL3 4HJ
- OS grid reference
- TL 141 068
- Coordinates
- 51.74862, -0.34724
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Abbey Mills, located on the eastern side of Abbey Mill Lane, are late 18th century silk mills consisting of two blocks. The eastern block features a gabled end and stands three storeys high with an attic, displaying three windows facing the road. It includes a round window in the attic, while the other windows, including those on the long, six-bay east side, match the design of the other mill. There is a disused mill race along the east side. The Abbey Mills, both the western and eastern blocks, along with Abbey Mill House, form a group.
Local climate
The Abbey Mills (Eastern Side) 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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