Remains of Windmill is a Grade II listed building in the Stafford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 April 1980. A Late C18 Windmill.

Remains of Windmill

WRENN ID
tenth-granite-holly
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Stafford
Constituency
Stafford MP: Leigh Ingham (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 April 1980
Type
Windmill
Address
Remains of Windmill, Windmill Lane, Eccleshall
OS grid reference
SJ 781 318
Coordinates
52.88384, -2.32557
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The remains of a windmill, likely dating from the late 18th century, are located on the south side of Eccleshall Windmill Lane in Croxton. The structure consists of a roofless brick tower featuring window openings with stone surrounds and a flat arched door opening. It is said to stand on the site of an Armada beacon.

Local climate

Remains of Windmill receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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