Windmill is a Grade II* listed building in the King0s Lynn and West Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 March 1985. Windmill. 3 related planning applications.

Windmill

WRENN ID
unlit-obsidian-curlew
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
King0s Lynn and West Norfolk
Constituency
North West Norfolk MP: James Wild (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 March 1985
Type
Windmill
Address
Windmill, Tower Road, Burnham Overy, King's Lynn and West Norfolk, PE31 8JB
OS grid reference
TF 837 437
Coordinates
52.95966, 0.73454
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Burnham Overy Staithe Windmill is a tower windmill built in 1816. It is constructed of black tarred brick with a weatherboarded cap, and it has six storeys. The windmill is circular in plan, featuring a door on the west face at ground level, a first-floor gallery with a railing, and two French doors that have replaced the original hoist doors. The datestone on the building reads "ES 1816," and there are four 2-light casements. The windmill has an onion-shaped cap and a cap wheel, with sails based on Cubitt's patent design from 1807, which are temporarily removed at the time of the survey. The interior has been converted for domestic use, and no machinery remains. A 20th-century single-storey addition to the east is not considered of special interest.

Local climate

Windmill receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2025
  • Related listed building consents — 3 applications
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  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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