West Mill is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 July 1986. Watermill. 2 related planning applications.
West Mill
- WRENN ID
- rusted-tower-jackdaw
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Yorkshire Dales National Park
- Constituency
- Richmond and Northallerton MP: Rishi Sunak (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 July 1986
- Type
- Watermill
- Address
- West Mill, Mill Lane, Askrigg, North Yorkshire, DL8 3HR
- OS grid reference
- SD 943 911
- Coordinates
- 54.31629, -2.08853
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
West Mill is an early to mid-19th century watermill situated on the outskirts of the village. It is constructed of rubble with a stone slate roof. The building is three stories tall and has an L-shaped plan, with a single first-floor opening visible. The gable end features slab quoins and projecting through-stones. A doorway provides access to the wheel chamber on the ground floor.
Inside, the mill retains its overshot waterwheel, complete with timber spokes, buckets, and a sole plate, along with iron hubs and shrouds. An iron pitwheel is also present, along with some wooden framework related to an iron-grinding mechanism and metal shafting for belt drives. A corn-drying kiln is located in the ground floor of one wing. The mill waterwheel was formerly fed by a zinc-lined elevated pentrough, supported by rubble piers.
Historically, the mill operated as a corn mill, originally using three millstones, and later became a saw mill specialising in the manufacture of hay rakes. A notable feature is the electricity-generating plant built in 1908 by the then-corn miller, William Burton, at nearby Mill Gill Falls. This plant supplied electric light to the village until 1948.
Local climate
West Mill sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 63 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 41 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2017
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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