Windmill is a Grade II listed building in the Derbyshire Dales local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 October 1983. Windmill base.
Windmill
- WRENN ID
- turning-grate-storm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Derbyshire Dales
- Constituency
- Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 October 1983
- Type
- Windmill base
- Address
- Windmill, Brassington Road, Hopton
- OS grid reference
- SK 251 544
- Coordinates
- 53.08686, -1.62543
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is the base of a windmill dating from the 18th century. It is constructed from coursed limestone rubble with gritstone dressings. The structure features a circular tapering tower that lacks a cap or machinery. On the north side, there is a blocked doorcase with a massive lintel. The tower has various square window openings that have flush dressings. At the top, there is a gritstone capping band.
Local climate
Windmill receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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