Thaxted Windmill is a Grade II* listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 February 1952. Windmill. 2 related planning applications.
Thaxted Windmill
- WRENN ID
- pale-hall-elder
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 February 1952
- Type
- Windmill
- Address
- Thaxted Windmill, Fishmarket Street, CM6 2PG
- OS grid reference
- TL 609 308
- Coordinates
- 51.95257, 0.34095
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Thaxted Windmill is a red brick tower mill built in 1804 for Mr. John Webb. It has been fully restored and features both sails and machinery. The windmill is situated in a prominent location southwest of the church and is one of the notable landmarks of the town.
Local climate
Thaxted Windmill sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- 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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