Windmill is a Grade II* listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 July 1951. Industrial. 2 related planning applications.
Windmill
- WRENN ID
- buried-chamber-lake
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Breckland
- Constituency
- Mid Norfolk MP: George Freeman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 July 1951
- Type
- Industrial
- Address
- Windmill, Green Lane, Old Buckenham, NR17 1SG
- OS grid reference
- TM 062 909
- Coordinates
- 52.47785, 1.03544
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Windmill, built in 1818, is a tower mill made of brick and features a flat roof that has replaced its original cap and sails. The structure stands five storeys tall and has square windows, some of which still have their glazing bars. Inside, the mill contains machinery that was used to drive five pairs of millstones, although only the lower stones remain. This windmill is notable for being the largest diameter tower mill in England and for having a significant number of stones.
Local climate
Windmill sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 13 transactions since 1995
- 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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