Hale Windmill is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. Windmill. 2 related planning applications.
Hale Windmill
- WRENN ID
- weathered-finial-holly
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire MP: Ian Sollom (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Windmill
- Address
- Hale Windmill, Taylors Lane, Swavesey, CB24 4QP
- OS grid reference
- TL 353 687
- Coordinates
- 52.30021, -0.01649
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Hale Windmill is a tower mill dating to 1866, as indicated by a plaque reading "J. Redford AD 1866". The mill is constructed of tarred brick and features a modern polygonal concrete dome. It is now incorporated into a modern red-brick and tile dwelling located to the north.
Local climate
Hale 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 54% 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 2006
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- 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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