Ashton Mills is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1976. A Mid C19 Mill.

Ashton Mills

WRENN ID
winding-slate-scarlet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
South West Wiltshire MP: Dr Andrew Murrison (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 November 1976
Type
Mill
Address
Ashton Mills, West Ashton Road, Trowbridge
OS grid reference
ST 860 576
Coordinates
51.31797, -2.20139
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Ashton Mills is a mid-19th century building constructed from coursed dressed stone on a stepped plinth. It stands five storeys tall and features a hoist tower at the north-west corner. The building has eight by four ranges of segmental headed windows, with each storey slightly set back and wall buttresses extending up to the fourth floor. A block modillion eaves cornice adorns the top, and the roof is a double ridged hipped slate design.

Local climate

Ashton Mills receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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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