Tower Mill is a Grade II listed building in the Huntingdonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 April 1987. Tower mill. 1 related planning application.

Tower Mill

WRENN ID
tattered-gateway-bramble
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Huntingdonshire
Constituency
North West Cambridgeshire MP: Sam Carling (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 April 1987
Type
Tower mill
Address
Tower Mill, Mill Road, Great Gidding, PE28 5NT
OS grid reference
TL 122 831
Coordinates
52.43465, -0.34956
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

A four-storey tower mill dating from the mid-19th century, constructed of light red brick. The tower tapers upwards and lacks a cap. A panelled door faces west, and windows are present at each floor level, each with a segmental brick arch. The mill formerly contained three grinding stones and was last in use around 1920. An inscription reads "W.L. Clark Houghton, 1873," indicating the work of a millwright. A report by the Society for the Preservation of Ancient Buildings was made in 1938.

Local climate

Tower Mill 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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% 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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