Windmill is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 October 1951. Windmill. 5 related planning applications.

Windmill

WRENN ID
young-marble-gold
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Central Bedfordshire
Constituency
Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard MP: Alex Mayer (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 October 1951
Type
Windmill
Address
Windmill, West Street, Dunstable, LU6 1NX
OS grid reference
TL 014 217
Coordinates
51.88546, -0.5274
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This building is a windmill located on the north side of West Street. It is a brick sloping tower topped with a domed cap, dating from the late 18th century or early 19th century. The windmill does not have any sails, and there are single-storey additional buildings at the back.

Local climate

Windmill sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% 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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