The Old Windmill to West of Shadwell Rock Quarry is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 March 1970. Windmill. 1 related planning application.
The Old Windmill to West of Shadwell Rock Quarry
- WRENN ID
- twisted-landing-woodpecker
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 March 1970
- Type
- Windmill
- Address
- The Old Windmill to West of Shadwell Rock Quarry, Much Wenlock, TF13 6NB
- OS grid reference
- SJ 624 008
- Coordinates
- 52.6039, -2.5552
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Windmill, located to the west of Shadwell Rock Quarry, is an 18th-century, four-storey circular tower made of stone rubble. The tower tapers and features a damaged battlemented parapet. It is in a ruinous state and has no interior features. The windmill serves as a prominent landmark in the area.
Local climate
The Old Windmill to West of Shadwell Rock Quarry receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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 — 4 transactions since 2012
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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