Wymondham Windmill is a Grade II* listed building in the Melton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 October 1972. A C19 Windmill. 3 related planning applications.
Wymondham Windmill
- WRENN ID
- young-quartz-cobweb
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Melton
- Constituency
- Melton and Syston MP: Edward Argar (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 October 1972
- Type
- Windmill
- Address
- Wymondham Windmill, Butt Lane, LE14 2BU
- OS grid reference
- SK 850 192
- Coordinates
- 52.76421, -0.74094
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Wymondham Windmill is a windmill built around 1813, raised in the mid-19th century and restored in the late 20th century. It is constructed from coursed and squared ironstone and brick, with some areas rendered, and features a sheet-metal covered 20th-century ogee domed cap with a finial. The windmill has a battered round tower with five stages.
On the southwest side, there is a double door with a wooden lintel, a casement window above it, and a square hatch above that. The fourth stage is blank, followed by another casement. The southeast side features a casement and another casement above it, along with a projecting pulley for an auxiliary drive. The third stage on this side is blank, with a casement above.
On the northeast side, there is a stable door with a double door above it, followed by a casement and a blank fourth stage, with another casement above. The northwest side has casements on the first and second stages, a blank third stage, and another casement above. All casements have glazing bars and slight segmental heads.
The cap includes a fantail stage and a cross for six sails. Inside, there are three pairs of stones, garners, feed hoppers, and tentering gear, all from the 19th century, which are complete and in use. The upper stages contain an octagonal oak main shaft, a sack hoist, hand gear, and a wind shaft. The mill is currently being restored to full working order.
Local climate
Wymondham Windmill sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
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- 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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