Post Mill is a Grade II* listed building in the Huntingdonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 November 1983. A C17 Mill. 1 related planning application.

Post Mill

WRENN ID
pale-attic-sparrow
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Huntingdonshire
Constituency
St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire MP: Ian Sollom (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 November 1983
Type
Mill
Address
Post Mill, Mill Road, Great Gransden
OS grid reference
TL 277 555
Coordinates
52.18318, -0.13334
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Great Gransden Mill Road Post Mill is a post and open trestle mill built around 1612, making it the oldest remaining mill in England. The structure has two storeys and is covered with tarred weatherboards. On the second floor, there are two pairs of over-driven Burr stones. A sack hoist is operated by a wooden pulley located on the windshaft behind the tail wheel. The first floor features a flour dressing machine with the inscription 'IL 1774 RW'. The mill is currently undergoing restoration as of 1982.

Local climate

Post 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 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% 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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