Mill Heights is a Grade II listed building in the West Lancashire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 August 1972. Windmill.
Mill Heights
- WRENN ID
- south-pedestal-tarn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Lancashire
- Constituency
- West Lancashire MP: Ashley Dalton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 August 1972
- Type
- Windmill
- Address
- Mill Heights, Fish Lane, Burscough
- OS grid reference
- SD 425 156
- Coordinates
- 53.63377, -2.86991
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Mill Heights is a tower windmill that has been converted into a dwelling. It was likely built in the late 18th century and has undergone alterations. The structure is made of brown brick arranged in English garden wall bond (4+1) and features a wooden cap. It has an approximately circular plan and consists of six stages. Staging beams are present between the third and fourth stages, with restored staging at the sixth stage, supported by similar beams.
On the east side, there is a 20th-century rectangular porch, with a square-headed doorway to the right. Another doorway is located on the opposite (south) side, and a similar doorway can be found on the west side of the fourth stage. Above the porch, there are a pair of glazed doors. The windmill also features segmental-headed windows that are vertically aligned on the east, south-east, and south-west sides. The cap is clinker-built and has a boat shape with fantail supports at the west end.
Local climate
Mill Heights sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,220 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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