Leach's Mill is a Grade II listed building in the Fenland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 February 1969. Tower windmill.
Leach's Mill
- WRENN ID
- deep-marble-frost
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Fenland
- Constituency
- North East Cambridgeshire MP: Steve Barclay (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 February 1969
- Type
- Tower windmill
- Address
- Leach's Mill, 45, Lynn Road, Wisbech
- OS grid reference
- TF 463 100
- Coordinates
- 52.66854, 0.16317
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Leach's Mill is a grade II listed tower windmill located on a mound at 45 Lynn Road in Wisbech. The mill was rebuilt after a storm in 1797 and features a dark red brick tower that tapers noticeably. It stands eight storeys tall and was originally equipped with eight sails. A balcony is located at the third floor, where the entrance door can still be found. The main entrance is on the ground floor facing south. The mill has a saw-tooth brick band below its battlemented parapet and cambered brick arches over the window openings, which include some recessed casement windows. The roof, sails, and machinery have been removed. Leach's Mill was originally a corn mill and was last used in 1965. The Mill House associated with it was demolished around 1969.
Local climate
Leach's Mill sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 88% 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 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% 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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