Old Windmill is a Grade II listed building in the West Lindsey local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 May 1985. Tower mill. 2 related planning applications.
Old Windmill
- WRENN ID
- mired-iron-moth
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Lindsey
- Constituency
- Gainsborough MP: Sir Edward Leigh (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 May 1985
- Type
- Tower mill
- Address
- Old Windmill, Gainsborough Road, Scotter, DN21 3RS
- OS grid reference
- SE 883 005
- Coordinates
- 53.49406, -0.67
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Windmill is an early 19th-century tower mill located on Gainsborough Road in Scotter. It is constructed of red brick and features a tapering three-storey tower. The mill has a central planked door at the base, with single openings at each stage above. There is a ground floor opening and an additional opening located midway between the first and second floor levels. All the openings are topped with slight segmental heads.
Local climate
Old 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 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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