Water Mill is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 July 1986. Former mill. 5 related planning applications.

Water Mill

WRENN ID
solitary-eave-vermeil
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cotswold
Constituency
North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 July 1986
Type
Former mill
Address
Water Mill, B 4077, Swell, GL54 1EW
OS grid reference
SP 177 268
Coordinates
51.93972, -1.74274
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The building is a former water mill dating from the mid-17th century, constructed in the local style. It features coursed rubble with ashlar quoins and dressings, and has a slate roof with coped verges. The structure is 2½ storeys high and has three openings on the ground floor, including an archway for the wheel-house and leet to the right, a 4-light mullion window with a drip to the left of center, and a half-glazed door to the left. The wheel and some machinery are still present. There are gable end entries, and the first floor was removed at the time of the last survey. The mill has complex sluicing arrangements from a large mill pool. It is part of a picturesque and well-known group in the Cotswolds, which also includes a bridge and a mill-house.

Local climate

Water Mill receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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