Helsington Laithes Mill is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 November 1983. Mill. 2 related planning applications.

Helsington Laithes Mill

WRENN ID
riven-marble-scarlet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 November 1983
Type
Mill
Address
Helsington Laithes Mill, LA9 5RL
OS grid reference
SD 513 903
Coordinates
54.30669, -2.7488
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Helsington Laithes Mill is a mid-19th century snuff mill. It is constructed of slobbered limestone rubble with protruding through stones and limestone quoins. The roof is of graduated green slate with stone ridges, and it features two end chimneys with slate drips. The mill has a boarded door and casement window at ground floor level, an external stone staircase leading to a boarded door on the first floor, and three windows. The interior retains its original water wheel and machinery, which are still in use for grinding snuff.

Local climate

Helsington Laithes Mill sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,430 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 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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 — 6 transactions since 1997
  • 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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