Kentmere Mills (Printed Cartons and Boxes) Immediately South West of Barley Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 August 1984. Mill. 3 related planning applications.

Kentmere Mills (Printed Cartons and Boxes) Immediately South West of Barley Bridge

WRENN ID
kindled-slate-jay
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lake District National Park
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 August 1984
Type
Mill
Address
Kentmere Mills (Printed Cartons and Boxes) Immediately South West of Barley Bridge, Over Staveley, Westmorland and Furness, LA8 9PB
OS grid reference
SD 470 986
Coordinates
54.38077, -2.81692
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Kentmere Mills, located immediately south-west of Barley Bridge, is a mill built in the early to mid 19th century. It features stone rubble walls with through stones, drip courses, and quoins, topped by a graduated greenslate roof. The building has four storeys and includes twelve windows, primarily late 19th century casements set in original openings that have shallow segmental arches and slate voussoirs, with some windows blocked.

Local climate

Kentmere Mills (Printed Cartons and Boxes) Immediately South West of Barley Bridge sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,480 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 93% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 61 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 35 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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