Windmill, 500 Metres East of Holme Mill House is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 February 1976. Windmill. 1 related planning application.

Windmill, 500 Metres East of Holme Mill House

WRENN ID
dusted-pillar-heron
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor MP: Alan Strickland (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 February 1976
Type
Windmill
Address
Windmill, 500 Metres East of Holme Mill House, DL1 3NN
OS grid reference
NZ 290 219
Coordinates
54.59177, -1.55245
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is an early 19th-century windmill located 500 meters east of Holme Mill House. It is constructed of dressed limestone and features a five-storey, tapering, cylindrical tower design without a cap. The windmill has square window openings that are set under stone flat arches. There is a 20th-century addition to the east and a detached house to the south, neither of which are considered of special interest.

Local climate

Windmill, 500 Metres East of Holme Mill House receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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