Sowerby Mill is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 January 1986. A C17 Mill. 1 related planning application.
Sowerby Mill
- WRENN ID
- fallen-gutter-finch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 January 1986
- Type
- Mill
- Address
- Sowerby Mill, Sebergham, CA5 7HR
- OS grid reference
- NY 357 415
- Coordinates
- 54.76457, -3.00043
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Sowerby Mill is a former miller's house that dates from the late 17th century and has undergone some alterations in the 20th century. The building is constructed from whitewashed sandstone rubble with flush quoins and features a graduated greenslate roof topped with 20th-century brick chimney stacks. It stands two storeys high, with three bays on the right side and two bays on the left under a common roof, which was previously used as stables.
The right portion of the house has a central blocked entrance that has been converted into a two-light window, which matches the other two- and three-light windows that are now 20th-century casements but retain original chamfered mullions visible from the inside. The current entrance on the left side features a 20th-century door set in a painted stone surround. There are also 20th-century two- and three-light casement windows in the blocked loft and cart entrance, which match the other windows in the house.
At the rear, there is a built-in stone sink. Inside, the house includes an inglenook with a heck partition and a firebeam, as well as a spice cupboard recess to the left of the fireplace. The ceiling is beamed, adding to the character of the interior.
Local climate
Sowerby Mill sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,180 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 57 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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