Copdock Mill is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1955. Watermill.

Copdock Mill

WRENN ID
waning-corridor-tarn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Babergh
Constituency
South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 February 1955
Type
Watermill
Address
Copdock Mill, Mill Lane, Copdock and Washbrook
OS grid reference
TM 122 419
Coordinates
52.03537, 1.09254
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Copdock Mill is a watermill, now operated by an engine, dating from the mid to late 19th century. It has always been used as a feed mill. The building is constructed of red brick with gault brick dressings and features a slate roof. It stands at 2½ storeys tall and has four bays. The long facades are divided into two sections by gault brick pilaster strips, with similar clasping pilasters at the corners. The mill has four small-paned 5:5 metal windows, each with six opening lights, located beneath iron lintels. There are iron ties supporting the upper floor, and the ground floor is partly obscured by lean-to sheds. The entrance, added in the 20th century, is on the ground floor. The rear of the building is similar to the front and has four windows on each floor, with one window blocked on the ground floor. There is a timber lucum on the east gable, while the west gable has a similar window on the first floor, with the ground floor obscured by a lean-to. The mill features main and overflow arches, although only the overflow arch is currently functional. The floodgate remains intact, but the waterwheel has been removed.

Local climate

Copdock Mill 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 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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