Derwent Mills (Old Building Only) is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 August 1951. Mill. 2 related planning applications.
Derwent Mills (Old Building Only)
- WRENN ID
- moated-banister-bittern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 August 1951
- Type
- Mill
- Address
- Derwent Mills (Old Building Only), Wakefield Road, Cockermouth
- OS grid reference
- NY 118 309
- Coordinates
- 54.66564, -3.36797
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Derwent Mills is a large, prominent building constructed before 1832, made of local stone rubble. It has four storeys, with 20 small-paned sash windows on each floor. The building features an ashlar course beneath the coping and channel jointed pilasters at the corners, which have crude moulded capitals. The roof is covered with green slate and has a low pitch, with lead hips and a ridge. There is an ashlar attic on the projecting staircase wing. Please note that later additions are not included in this description.
Local climate
Derwent Mills (Old Building Only) sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,420 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 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- 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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