Mill Dam with Weir Sluice Gates, and Mill Race is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 October 1986. A C19 Mill structure.
Mill Dam with Weir Sluice Gates, and Mill Race
- WRENN ID
- winding-cornice-dale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 October 1986
- Type
- Mill structure
- Address
- Mill Dam with Weir Sluice Gates, and Mill Race, Mill Lane, Crosthwaite and Lyth, Westmorland and Furness
- OS grid reference
- SD 440 907
- Coordinates
- 54.30949, -2.86156
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The mill dam with weir, sluice gate, and mill race is likely from the 19th century in its current form, although it may include earlier elements. It is constructed of stone with a cast-iron sluice gate mechanism. The structure features drystone construction that incorporates natural outcrops of rock. On the left side, the sloping weir has a wide, shallow recess that runs the full width at the top. The sluice gate on the right is operated by a cast-iron wheel that turns on a screw thread, which passes through a stone slab laid across the mill race.
Local climate
Mill Dam with Weir Sluice Gates, and Mill Race sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,520 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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