Upper 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 building.
Upper Mill
- WRENN ID
- mired-wicket-pine
- 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 building
- Address
- Upper Mill, Marrick, North Yorkshire
- OS grid reference
- SE 078 994
- Coordinates
- 54.39062, -1.88015
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Upper Mill is a lead smelting mill, possibly built in 1782, although it may be from a later date. The structure is made of rubble, primarily constructed using drystone techniques, and has a rectangular plan with a single storey. It features projecting through-stones and a flat-headed doorway. Inside, there are two segmental arches made of ashlar sandstone that support reverberatory hearths, from which a chimney rises. The chimney is large and rectangular in plan, with a brickwork section that indicates it has been heightened in two stages. Behind the chimney, there is a wheel chamber designed for a waterwheel that is approximately 7 metres in diameter. This site has been associated with a smelting mill that existed at least by 1782 and was built around the chimney of Lower Mill. At the time of the re-survey, the mill was disused and in ruins. It is scheduled as an Ancient Monument.
Local climate
Upper 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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