Tower House is a Grade II listed building in the South Derbyshire local planning authority area, England. A C18 House, windmill. 5 related planning applications.

Tower House

WRENN ID
forgotten-iron-frost
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Derbyshire
Constituency
South Derbyshire MP: Samantha Niblett (Lab)
Country
England
Type
House, windmill
Address
Tower House, Porters Lane, Findern, DE65 6AP
OS grid reference
SK 302 307
Coordinates
52.87317, -1.55163
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: sale history · EPC · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

Tower House is a late 18th-century and 19th-century windmill that has been converted and extended into a house, with 20th-century additions. The building is constructed of rendered brick with a plain tile roof, and features an octagonal roof relating to the original mill. It is composed of a two-storey section and a three-storey mill at the east side. The mill is circular in plan and tapers. The south elevation displays casement windows to the mill, with two small-pane casements to the ground floor, two similar above, and one similar above again. To the left are two more windows and a doorway with a half-glazed door and overlight, with three similar windows above. All windows have slightly segmental heads. A single-storey 20th-century range extends to the west and a 20th-century garage to the east, neither of which are of particular interest. A 20th-century extension is also present to the north and is not of special interest. The mill has a 19th-century two-light casement window to the north and a small square window to the east.

Local climate

Tower House receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2007
  • Related listed building consents — 5 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
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

Nearby listed buildings

  1. Willow Farmhouse and Attached Outbuildings Grade II 532 m
  2. Number 19 and Attached Outbuilding Grade II 586 m
  3. Somerville House and Attached Outbuilding Grade II 597 m
  4. Cowhouse to South East of Number 19 Grade II 604 m
  5. Corner House Grade II 636 m
  6. Church of All Saints Grade II 664 m
  7. Walls and Gateway to All Saints Churchyard Grade II 690 m
  8. Willington Hill Farmhouse Grade II 1.6 km
  9. The Homestead Grade II 2.1 km
  10. Walnut Farmhouse and Attached Outbuilding Grade II 2.1 km