Windmill is a Grade II listed building in the East Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 August 1988. Windmill.

Windmill

WRENN ID
calm-tallow-meadow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Cambridgeshire
Constituency
Ely and East Cambridgeshire MP: Charlotte Cane (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 August 1988
Type
Windmill
Address
Windmill, Ely Road, Stretham
OS grid reference
TL 512 749
Coordinates
52.35182, 0.21877
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This tower windmill, built in 1881, has been converted into a house. It is constructed of tarred brick and stands four storeys tall, topped with a metal ogee cap and a fantail that were renewed in 1978. The original machinery has been replaced with parts sourced from Pymore and Gamlingay mills.

Local climate

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 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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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