Handle House at Studley Mills is a Grade II* listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 October 1974. Factory. 2 related planning applications.
Handle House at Studley Mills
- WRENN ID
- silent-landing-reed
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South West Wiltshire MP: Dr Andrew Murrison (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 October 1974
- Type
- Factory
- Address
- Handle House at Studley Mills, Stallard Street, Trowbridge, BA14 8HN
- OS grid reference
- ST 853 579
- Coordinates
- 51.32034, -2.21112
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Handle House at Studley Mills is probably dated between 1843 and 1848. It was built on a segmental bridge over the River Biss. The building is constructed of brick with a pantiled roof. A distinctive feature is its heavily perforated brick wall panels, designed to allow for the free passage of air during teazle drying. The ground floor has three small windows, and the second floor has a large, multi-paned window. The eaves are raked. A later extension is attached to the south-east side.
Inside, a wooden floor extends through the arch of the bridge, facilitating the lowering of wool baskets. This building is believed to be the only surviving example of its type in Wiltshire.
Handle House forms a group with numbers 50 to 58 Stallard Street, an adjacent workshop at the rear of number 58, an entrance screen, the principal Factory, and other elements within Studley Mills.
Local climate
Handle House at Studley 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2000
- 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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