Old Windmill 700 Metres South West of Plessey Checks Roundabout is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 July 1987. Windmill.

Old Windmill 700 Metres South West of Plessey Checks Roundabout

WRENN ID
idle-pediment-scarlet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Cramlington and Killingworth MP: Emma Foody (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 July 1987
Type
Windmill
OS grid reference
NZ 238 788
Coordinates
55.10368, -1.62834
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Windmill, located 700 meters southwest of the Plessey Checks roundabout, is a windmill tower dating from 1749, featuring the initials M W (Matthew White) on the lintel of the south door. It is constructed of high-quality squared stone and has a straight-sided round tower with no external divisions between the three floor levels. The structure includes a chamfered plinth, opposed doorways on the ground floor, and three small windows on each upper floor, all set within chamfered surrounds. Inside, there are two plain first-floor fireplaces and various sockets for floor beams and machinery. The windmill's shell remains intact, but it lacks a roof and floors.

Local climate

Old Windmill 700 Metres South West of Plessey Checks Roundabout receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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