Windmill Tower 220 Metres West North West of Mill House is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 1951. Windmill tower.
Windmill Tower 220 Metres West North West of Mill House
- WRENN ID
- open-cobalt-sage
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 October 1951
- Type
- Windmill tower
- OS grid reference
- TL 438 228
- Coordinates
- 51.88603, 0.08835
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Windmill Tower, located 220 metres west-northwest of Mill House in Little Hadham, is a mid-18th century structure, with deeds dating from 1748 to 1870. This tall, two-storey tower is built of red brick in English bond and has an octagonal shape. It features two plinth offsets at the base and has very thick walls that are vertical on the inside but battered on the outside. There are high openings on the south, north, and east faces, while a doorway is located on the west side. The tower shows a line of socket holes that were used for props for a higher timber staging. Originally, it served as the base for a five-storey smock mill that was in operation until the 1930s. The upper part of the tower was destroyed by fire in 1981. This structure is a striking industrial monument with significant historic and technological interest.
Local climate
Windmill Tower 220 Metres West North West of Mill House 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 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% 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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