Former Smock windmill is a Grade II listed building in the East Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 August 1959. Windmill. 6 related planning applications.
Former Smock windmill
- WRENN ID
- waiting-tower-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- Ely and East Cambridgeshire MP: Charlotte Cane (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 August 1959
- Type
- Windmill
- Address
- Former Smock windmill, The Smock Tower Mill, Mill Hill, Swaffham Prior, CB25 0JZ
- OS grid reference
- TL 573 641
- Coordinates
- 52.25327, 0.30391
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former Smock windmill, dating from the early 19th century, is a timber-framed structure with vertical weatherboarding. It features three stages above a brick ground stage, although the capping and sails have been removed. The internal framing remains intact, but the machinery has been taken out.
Local climate
Former Smock windmill sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2006
- Related listed building consents — 6 applications
- 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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