Lower Mill is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1969. Industrial facility.
Lower Mill
- WRENN ID
- tilted-pedestal-burdock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Yorkshire Dales National Park
- Constituency
- Richmond and Northallerton MP: Rishi Sunak (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 December 1969
- Type
- Industrial facility
- Address
- Lower Mill, Marrick, North Yorkshire
- OS grid reference
- SE 079 994
- Coordinates
- 54.3906, -1.87927
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lower Mill is a lead smelting mill located in Marrick, dating from the early 19th century, though it may be older. The building is constructed from rubble and has a rectangular plan, consisting of a single storey. It features quoins and projecting through-stones, with a segmental-headed doorway on the right and two segmental-headed windows on the right return. Inside, there are two segmental arches made of ashlar sandstone that supported reverberatory hearths. A flue from these hearths led up to the chimney, which is now part of Upper Mill. The interior also includes a bellows room behind the hearths and a wheel chamber for a waterwheel approximately 7 meters in diameter. This site was previously home to a smelting mill that was described as new in 1592. At the time of the re-survey, the mill was disused and in ruins. It is scheduled as an Ancient Monument.
Local climate
Lower Mill receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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