Mill, Pymore Nursery is a Grade II listed building in the East Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 1952. Tower mill.

Mill, Pymore Nursery

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Cambridgeshire
Constituency
Ely and East Cambridgeshire MP: Charlotte Cane (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 February 1952
Type
Tower mill
Address
Mill, Pymore Nursery, Downham
OS grid reference
TL 500 864
Coordinates
52.45515, 0.20755
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Pymore Nursery features a mid 19th-century tower mill constructed from gault brick, which has been tarred. The mill stands four storeys tall and has replacement windows and flooring. Notably, the tower curves outwards at the top floor. This mill, along with its outbuildings, was previously part of the Pymore bakery.

Local climate

Mill, Pymore Nursery 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 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% 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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