Caunton Windmill is a Grade II listed building in the Newark and Sherwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 July 1974. Windmill. 2 related planning applications.

Caunton Windmill

WRENN ID
long-truss-jet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Newark and Sherwood
Constituency
Newark MP: Robert Jenrick (RUK)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 July 1974
Type
Windmill
Address
Caunton Windmill, Mill Lane, NG23 6AJ
OS grid reference
SK 742 603
Coordinates
53.13554, -0.89144
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Caunton Windmill is an early 19th century brick windmill. It has cogged eaves and blue brick banding. The structure comprises a battered round tower of four stages. Windows are 20th century casements with segmental heads. A stone staircase with a kennel underneath leads to a double door with a segmental head, situated on the north side of the first stage. The second stage has a single window to both the east and west, and putlog holes indicating the presence of a former gallery. The third stage has a single window to the east and west, a blocked door to the north, and a window within a blocked doorway to the south. On the fourth stage, there are single windows to the east and west.

Local climate

Caunton Windmill sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 93% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% 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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