Windmill North West of College of St Cuthbert is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 January 1967. Windmill.

Windmill North West of College of St Cuthbert

WRENN ID
sombre-moat-yarrow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
City of Durham MP: Mary Kelly Foy (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 January 1967
Type
Windmill
Address
Windmill North West of College of St Cuthbert, Esh
OS grid reference
NZ 215 438
Coordinates
54.78887, -1.66676
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The windmill, located north-west of the College of St Cuthbert, was built in 1817. It is constructed from coursed sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings. The structure features a wide tapered tower that stands two storeys high. It has flat stone lintels above boarded doors and openings, with beam-holes visible at the gallery level. The first-floor openings are truncated at the lintel level. The windmill was built shortly after the college was established to provide unadulterated flour and was financed personally by John Gillow.

Local climate

Windmill North West of College of St Cuthbert receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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