Thurleigh Windmill is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 May 1952. Windmill. 1 related planning application.
Thurleigh Windmill
- WRENN ID
- young-roof-hyssop
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 May 1952
- Type
- Windmill
- Address
- Thurleigh Windmill, Mill Hill, MK44 2DF
- OS grid reference
- TL 047 581
- Coordinates
- 52.21199, -0.46788
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Thurleigh Windmill is a tower mill built around 1890. It is constructed of red brick, with some areas covered in cement render. Although the cap and sails are no longer present, the windshaft, brake-wheel, some gears, and the cradle are still intact. The mill stands five storeys tall and was last operational in 1917.
Local climate
Thurleigh Windmill sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2016
- 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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