Upper Dean Windmill is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 August 1983. Windmill.
Upper Dean Windmill
- WRENN ID
- veiled-lead-pine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 August 1983
- Type
- Windmill
- Address
- Upper Dean Windmill, Shelton Road, Dean and Shelton
- OS grid reference
- TL 040 681
- Coordinates
- 52.30153, -0.47554
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Upper Dean Windmill is a disused windmill built in 1850 for William N. Bliss. It is constructed of red brick and is a tower mill type, standing approximately 40 feet high. The cap of the windmill is missing, and it features cambered heads to its openings. Originally, the windmill had three floors, but it appears that two of these floors have collapsed. Fragments of two of its 'patent' sails remain, along with some machinery. The windmill last operated in 1906.
Local climate
Upper Dean 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 96% 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 52% 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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