The Windmill is a Grade II listed building in the Lichfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 June 1973. Windmill.
The Windmill
- WRENN ID
- grey-string-root
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lichfield
- Constituency
- Lichfield MP: Dave Robertson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 June 1973
- Type
- Windmill
- Address
- The Windmill, Church Lane, Hammerwich
- OS grid reference
- SK 067 073
- Coordinates
- 52.66417, -1.90177
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Windmill is a late 18th-century windmill that was converted into a dwelling in the mid-20th century. It features rendered brickwork and has a tapered circular base that rises three storeys. The north side of the building includes a range of 20th-century windows. At the top, there is a 20th-century ogee roofed capping with a fenestrated boarded top stage. The Windmill is prominently located next to the church of St. John the Baptist.
Local climate
The Windmill receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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.
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