The Old Windmill is a Grade II listed building in the West Lancashire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 October 1968. Windmill, house. 3 related planning applications.

The Old Windmill

WRENN ID
sombre-turret-honey
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Lancashire
Constituency
West Lancashire MP: Ashley Dalton (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 October 1968
Type
Windmill, house
Address
The Old Windmill, Church Road, Bickerstaffe, L39 0EB
OS grid reference
SD 441 047
Coordinates
53.53674, -2.84364
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Windmill is a late 18th-century windmill tower, later converted into a house. It was altered in the mid-to-late 20th century. The structure is built of rendered brick with a conical slate roof and has a circular plan. The sides of the tower are noticeably battered. It rises three storeys in height, and windows, dating to the 20th century and featuring glazing bars, are set within segmental-headed openings on two sides of each floor. A doorway on the north side has been filled with glazing. 20th-century extensions adjoin the windmill to the east.

Local climate

The Old Windmill sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,080 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 1995
  • Related listed building consents — 3 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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