Gelt Mill is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 March 1984. Water corn mill. 1 related planning application.

Gelt Mill

WRENN ID
open-slate-hemlock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cumberland
Constituency
Carlisle MP: Ms Julie Minns (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 March 1984
Type
Water corn mill
Address
Gelt Mill, Hayton, CA8 9NH
OS grid reference
NY 536 565
Coordinates
54.90145, -2.72364
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Gelt Mill is a disused water corn mill built in 1775, located on the site of an earlier mill and incorporating some of its features, with 20th-century alterations. The building is constructed of red sandstone rubble and has Welsh slate roofs that were added in the late 1970s, along with rebuilt stone chimney stacks. It consists of three joined structures: the mill with a wheel house, a central loading bay/kiln, and a granary/storehouse on the left.

The mill is three storeys tall, with two storeys at the rear, and features an arched entrance with impost blocks and a keystone, surrounded by inscriptions from successive millers. The windows are unglazed and have plain surrounds. There is a two-storey, one-bay lean-to extension on the right front with similar openings. To the right, there is a single-storey, one-bay wheel house that contains an iron mill wheel.

Inside the mill, the original machinery for grinding is still present, although it is partly dismantled. The loading bay/kiln is two storeys high and has a plank door with a keyed flat arch, along with a loft above. The storehouse/granary, which is also two storeys and has two bays, has been altered with 20th-century windows at the front and rear. The mill pond at the back is now dry, and the stream has been diverted away from the mill. At the time of the resurvey, the building was in the process of being converted.

Local climate

Gelt Mill sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,080 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% 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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