New Ropewalks at North Wills is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. Industrial. 2 related planning applications.

New Ropewalks at North Wills

WRENN ID
quartered-gateway-gold
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Type
Industrial
Address
New Ropewalks at North Wills, North Mills Road, Bridport, DT6 3BE
OS grid reference
SY 465 935
Coordinates
50.73902, -2.7595
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The New Ropewalks at North Mills, likely built in the early 19th century, features tarred weatherboard with red brick buttresses. The structure has four hipped roofs, with the eastern roof being later and covered in slate. It is a single-storey building with 29 ranges of industrial windows that have only vertical glazing bars. The listed buildings in North Mills are recognized as a group.

Local climate

New Ropewalks at North Wills receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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 — 1 transaction since 2016
  • 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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