Ravensbury Mill is a Grade II listed building in the Merton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1989. Water mill. 2 related planning applications.
Ravensbury Mill
- WRENN ID
- riven-marble-thistle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Merton
- Constituency
- Mitcham and Morden MP: Dame Siobhain McDonagh (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 February 1989
- Type
- Water mill
- Address
- Ravensbury Mill, Morden Road, SM4 6AU
- OS grid reference
- TQ 264 681
- Coordinates
- 51.39846, -0.18438
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Ravensbury Mill is a water mill that has been converted into a factory. It dates from the mid to late 18th century, with the main block built around 1880. The main structure is made of stock brick and features a hipped slate roof. It has an L-shaped plan with a rear right wing and a seven-window range. There is a cambered red brick arch above a plank loft door, with an iron crane hoist positioned above double plank doors. The first floor has cambered red brick arches over cast-iron casements, while the ground floor has blocked window openings. To the left, there is a one-story range from the mid to late 18th century, also made of stock brick, with a gabled concrete tile roof. This section includes a red brick cambered arch and timber lintels over blocked window openings and a plank door in a mid-19th century bay added to the left. The right-hand bay contains the water wheel.
Inside, the mill is notable for the retention of two iron undershot water wheels, which are dated 1884 and of the "Poncelot" type, named after their inventor J.C. Poncelot from 1824. Each wheel features curved sheet-iron buckets and cast or wrought-iron drafts, with a wooden pit wheel to the left that is likely older and possibly reused.
Local climate
Ravensbury 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 lower than that of 81% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 91 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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