The Old Windmill Near Bank Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Chorley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 April 1967. Windmill, house. 4 related planning applications.
The Old Windmill Near Bank Hall
- WRENN ID
- riven-ember-cedar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chorley
- Constituency
- South Ribble MP: Mr Paul Foster (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 April 1967
- Type
- Windmill, house
- Address
- The Old Windmill Near Bank Hall, Liverpool Road, Bretherton, PR26 9AX
- OS grid reference
- SD 462 207
- Coordinates
- 53.68088, -2.81559
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Windmill near Bank Hall is a brick windmill, dated 1741, which has been altered and is now used as a house. The brick is covered with white painted render, and it features a wooden cap. The structure has a circular plan that tapers as it rises, with three storeys. Modern gabled doors and windows are set within what are possibly the original openings. A datestone inscribed "1741" is located above the door on the north-west side. The octagonal cap has projecting eaves, a pitched apex, and a cruciform iron plate on the north-west side, where sails would have been fitted (they are now missing). A brick chimney is situated at the rear. A single-storey link addition on the north side is not part of the listing.
Local climate
The Old Windmill Near Bank Hall sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,240 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 6 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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