Rayleigh Windmill is a Grade II listed building in the Rochford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1957. A C19 Windmill. 1 related planning application.

Rayleigh Windmill

WRENN ID
narrow-hearth-thyme
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Rochford
Constituency
Rayleigh and Wickford MP: Mr Mark Francois (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 August 1957
Type
Windmill
Address
Rayleigh Windmill, Bellingham Lane, SS6 8BA
OS grid reference
TQ 806 909
Coordinates
51.58837, 0.60622
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Rayleigh Windmill is an early 19th-century tower windmill made of red brick. It stands six storeys tall and was fully restored externally in the 1970s, including its sails, cap, and fantail. The two lower storeys are vertical, while the upper storeys taper inward. The building features various two-light windows with segmental heads and 20th-century double doors with a segmental head above. There are also double doors on the second storey. No internal inspection was conducted at the time of the re-survey.

Local climate

Rayleigh Windmill receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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