Windmill in Garden of Number 53 (Mill House) is a Grade II listed building in the West Lancashire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 June 1973. A C18 Windmill.

Windmill in Garden of Number 53 (Mill House)

WRENN ID
third-forge-tarn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Lancashire
Constituency
West Lancashire MP: Ashley Dalton (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 June 1973
Type
Windmill
Address
Windmill in Garden of Number 53 (Mill House), Mill Lane, Up Holland
OS grid reference
SD 512 057
Coordinates
53.54593, -2.73708
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The building is a tower windmill located in the garden of No. 53, known as Mill House. It dates back to 1761 and is currently in a derelict and dilapidated state. The windmill is constructed from coursed squared sandstone and is missing its cap. It has a cylindrical shape with a basement and three remaining stages. The basement is made of large dressed blocks, and there are plain bands over the first and second stages. Each cardinal point features a square-headed doorway, all surrounded by large dressed blocks, with chamfered reveals and flat-arched heads that include gauged voussoirs and raised keystones. There are four very small rectangular windows on each of the upper stages, arranged regularly on each level. The windows on the top stage align with the doorways, while those on the intermediate stage are positioned at intermediate points. Inside, there is a massive beam supporting the former second stage floor and a small fireplace at the second stage, which has a lintel crudely inscribed with "M G 1761". The windmill forms a group with No. 53, Mill House.

Local climate

Windmill in Garden of Number 53 (Mill House) sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% 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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