Four Winds Oakley Soils Limited is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. Windmill.

Four Winds Oakley Soils Limited

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Cambridgeshire
Constituency
South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
Country
England
Type
Windmill
Address
Four Winds Oakley Soils Limited, Cambridge Road, Hildersham
OS grid reference
TL 545 479
Coordinates
52.10852, 0.25522
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Four Winds, also known as Oakley Soils Limited, is a tower windmill built in 1863, as indicated by the Roman numerals above the entrance. The structure is made of gault brick and features segmental arches over the windows, which have glazing bars. The original entrance has a 20th-century boarded door. The interior has been rebuilt for use as offices, and the roof has been capped. The mill was constructed by Uriah Thomas Bolton, who also made additions to the nearby Hildersham water mill. The property deeds are in private ownership.

Local climate

Four Winds Oakley Soils Limited 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 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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