Tower Windmill is a Grade II listed building in the Huntingdonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 November 1982. Windmill. 1 related planning application.
Tower Windmill
- WRENN ID
- lone-tallow-jackdaw
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Huntingdonshire
- Constituency
- Huntingdon MP: Ben Obese-Jecty (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 November 1982
- Type
- Windmill
- Address
- Tower Windmill, St Ives Road, Hemingford Grey, PE28 9DX
- OS grid reference
- TL 299 707
- Coordinates
- 52.31971, -0.09417
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a 19th-century tower windmill constructed of gault brick. It is situated on a mound. The windmill is three storeys high and features segmental headed arches above the doors and windows. It was originally fitted with four sails.
Local climate
Tower Windmill 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 98% 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 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2014
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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