Berkswell Windmill is a Grade II* listed building in the Solihull local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 July 1972. A Early Modern Windmill. 1 related planning application.
Berkswell Windmill
- WRENN ID
- dark-wattle-indigo
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Solihull
- Constituency
- Meriden and Solihull East MP: Saqib Bhatti (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 July 1972
- Type
- Windmill
- Period
- Early Modern
- Address
- Berkswell Windmill, Windmill Lane, CV7 7GY
- OS grid reference
- SP 249 759
- Coordinates
- 52.38077, -1.63543
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Berkswell Windmill is an early 19th-century tower windmill located on Windmill Lane in Berkswell. It is constructed of red brick and features a wood and metal boat-shaped cap. Although two sails are missing, the windmill remains intact both internally and externally. The structure has a circular plan and consists of three storeys with battered walls and small windows set under cambered arches. Inside, it contains an endless-chain drive, wooden and iron shafting and gears, under-driven stones, and various bins and other fixtures. This windmill is recognized as the most complete example of a west midlands tower mill.
Local climate
Berkswell Windmill receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2004
- 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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