Stevington Windmill is a Grade II* listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 May 1952. Windmill.
Stevington Windmill
- WRENN ID
- winding-minaret-bracken
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 May 1952
- Type
- Windmill
- Address
- Stevington Windmill, Park Road
- OS grid reference
- SP 991 527
- Coordinates
- 52.16422, -0.55118
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Stevington Windmill is a post-mill that dates back to 1770, as indicated by one of the crosstrees. It was rebuilt in 1921 and restored in 1951. The windmill features a two-storey body that is timber-framed and clad in pitch pine weatherboarding, topped with a gambrel roof made of corrugated iron. It has four common sails, which are no longer covered. The internal machinery has been completely restored and is in workable order. A roundhouse surrounds the base of the windmill, which was likely added in the 19th century and is constructed of rubble with a tiled roof. This windmill is notable for being the only complete windmill remaining in Bedfordshire and is probably the last windmill in England to operate with four common sails.
Local climate
Stevington 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 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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