The Old Mill is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 August 1984. Mill.
The Old Mill
- WRENN ID
- scarred-sill-woodpecker
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 August 1984
- Type
- Mill
- Address
- The Old Mill, Kirkoswald
- OS grid reference
- NY 555 411
- Coordinates
- 54.76353, -2.69265
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Mill is a former water corn mill dating from the early 19th century. It is constructed from coursed red and yellow sandstone rubble, featuring quarry-faced dressings, and has a hipped Welsh slate roof. The building stands 2½ storeys tall with five bays, and it rises to three storeys at the rear. There is a large round-arched cart entrance and a smaller entrance to the right, both fitted with plank doors. The windows are casement style with glazing bars and have quarry-faced surrounds. Above the eaves, there are two gabled dormer windows that are half boarded. To the left side of the mill, there is a large iron overshot wheel that is in working order, and the interior retains some of its 19th-century machinery.
Local climate
The Old Mill sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 60 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 37 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 — 2 transactions since 2001
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