The Windmill is a Grade II listed building in the Three Rivers local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 June 1973. Tower mill, house. 8 related planning applications.

The Windmill

WRENN ID
waiting-rafter-twilight
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Three Rivers
Constituency
South West Hertfordshire MP: Mr Gagan Mohindra (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 June 1973
Type
Tower mill, house
Address
The Windmill, Windmill Drive, Croxley Green, WD3 3FD
OS grid reference
TQ 067 953
Coordinates
51.64638, -0.45801
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Windmill is a tower mill that has been converted into a house. It dates from around 1820 and was converted and extended around 1970. The building is constructed from a mix of red and stock brick and features a 20th-century leaded roof with a timber parapet. The mill has a conical shape with a noticeable batter and stands four storeys tall. It has 20th-century windows set in the original round-headed openings, most of which have drip moulds. There are timber steps leading up to a first-floor timber balcony that runs around the entire structure. The glazed entrance is part of the 1970 extension and is considered to have no special interest. The interior was not inspected, and there is no surviving machinery or sails.

Local climate

The Windmill sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2019
  • Related listed building consents — 8 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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