Parbold Mill is a Grade II listed building in the West Lancashire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 August 1988. Windmill. 3 related planning applications.

Parbold Mill

WRENN ID
rooted-rubblework-violet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Lancashire
Constituency
West Lancashire MP: Ashley Dalton (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 August 1988
Type
Windmill
Address
Parbold Mill, Mill Lane, WN8 7NW
OS grid reference
SD 491 104
Coordinates
53.58856, -2.77021
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a windmill tower, dating to around 1800, and now used as a shop. It is constructed of sandstone rubble with battered walls and an embattled parapet, rising five storeys in height. The windows are generally casements with plain reveals. The south-east side has windows to the four upper floors. The west and south-west sides are similarly arranged, but with a row of six windows on the ground floor. The north side, facing the canal, features windows to the three lower floors. On the south side are two windows on the first floor and one on the second, with a doorway situated below them. The mill’s absence from William Yates’ map of Lancashire, published in 1786, distinguishes it from other mills in the area.

Local climate

Parbold Mill sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,160 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% 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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