Solesbridge Mill House is a Grade II listed building in the Three Rivers local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 July 1978. House. 4 related planning applications.

Solesbridge Mill House

WRENN ID
nether-sill-ivory
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Three Rivers
Constituency
South West Hertfordshire MP: Mr Gagan Mohindra (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 July 1978
Type
House
Address
Solesbridge Mill House, Solesbridge Lane, Chorleywood, WD3 5SX
OS grid reference
TQ 043 969
Coordinates
51.66203, -0.49319
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Solesbridge Mill House is a house dating from the late 17th century, with extensions made in the late 18th century and early 19th century. It is constructed of red brick and features tiled roofs. The original structure consists of two bays with a broad, steeply pitched gable end roof. To the left, there is a block from the 18th century with a pyramidally roofed design, and an early 19th-century rear wing. The house is two storeys high.

The entrance is located to the left of the early block and features a panelled door with a moulded frame and a deep reveal. On the ground floor, there are two timber two-light casements with leaded glass, and all openings have segmental gauged brick heads. The first floor has two iron frame two-light casements. The eaves are dentilled brick. The 18th-century block has a bow front and includes two 19th-century sash windows with stone sills; the ground floor windows have segmental heads and reveals, while the first floor windows have flat heads and flush frames.

There are insurance markers for Sun Fire and Phoenix on the building. A small stack is located to the left of the early block, and the right gable is weatherboarded. The early 19th-century wing at the rear has a hipped roof and a ridge stack, with horizontal sliding sashes on the left return. There is also a stack at the rear of the 18th-century block and a lean-to addition at the back. The interior has not been inspected. Historically, Solesbridge Mill produced paper from 1746, when it was owned by G. Andrews, a pioneer in paper production, until 1902.

Local climate

Solesbridge Mill House 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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