Whitbeck Mill is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 July 1989. A C18 Mill.

Whitbeck Mill

WRENN ID
rusted-gutter-lark
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lake District National Park
Constituency
Barrow and Furness MP: Michelle Scrogham (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 July 1989
Type
Mill
Address
Whitbeck Mill, Whicham, Cumberland
OS grid reference
SD 117 846
Coordinates
54.25007, -3.35563
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Whitbeck Mill is a mill that likely dates from the 18th century. It is constructed of stone rubble and has a slate roof. The building is two stories high and built into the slope of the ground. The north-east elevation features four bays, with the fourth bay possibly added later, and has an entrance on the first floor that leads to the return. There is a small lean-to outshut attached to the first bay. A partly blocked small window in the third bay has a stone lintel, while the first floor has windows with timber lintels. The second bay has a segmental-headed entrance, and there is also an entrance to the fourth bay. The north-west gable end includes a large narrow wheel made of timber and iron situated in a pit, with two windows above it and a projecting wall spur to the left. The south-east elevation has an outshut beneath a catslide roof and shows signs of a long gabled wing that has since been removed, along with some window openings. The interior of the mill retains some machinery.

Local climate

Whitbeck Mill sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,590 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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