Fulwell Mill is a Grade II* listed building in the Sunderland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 1978. A Industrial Tower windmill. 5 related planning applications.

Fulwell Mill

WRENN ID
eternal-quoin-fen
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Sunderland
Constituency
Sunderland Central MP: Lewis Atkinson (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 November 1978
Type
Tower windmill
Period
Industrial
Address
Fulwell Mill, Newcastle Road, SR5 1EX
OS grid reference
NZ 391 594
Coordinates
54.92838, -1.38999
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Fulwell Mill is a tower windmill built around 1821 on the site of an earlier mill. It was restored in 1951 and again in 1987. The mill is constructed from magnesian limestone rubble, with brick dressings at the base and a rendered tower. The base features a high round reefing stage with blocked, round-headed doorways that have brick arches on the north and west sides, and metal doors in similar arches on the south and east sides. The high tapered tower has blocked doors on the east and west, and windows at three levels, with wood lintels over boarded windows on the first floor and casements with glazing bars on the upper floors. The restored domed cap includes sails and a fantail. The interior of the mill is intact and is noted as the most complete in the region.

Local climate

Fulwell Mill sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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