Old Windmill is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 December 1962. A Georgian Windmill.
Old Windmill
- WRENN ID
- salt-postern-burdock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Chester North and Neston MP: Samantha Dixon (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 December 1962
- Type
- Windmill
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- Old Windmill, Leighton Road, Neston
- OS grid reference
- SJ 289 779
- Coordinates
- 53.29404, -3.06775
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Windmill is a windmill that has been converted into a picture gallery-shop. It dates from the mid-18th century and has undergone later alterations. The structure is made of red brick laid in English Bond and features a slated cap. It has a circular plan and consists of a four-stage tapering tower, measuring approximately 10 meters in diameter at the base. The entrance is now located at the first-floor level, accessible by 12 steps leading to a railed balcony, with a garage situated below. Each floor includes two 2-light casement windows with glazing bars. The cap is boat-shaped and includes a gantry. Inside, all mill fixtures and fittings have been removed.
Local climate
Old Windmill sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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