Bixley Mill is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 July 1980. Windmill.
Bixley Mill
- WRENN ID
- calm-transept-smoke
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- South Norfolk MP: Ben Goldsborough (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 July 1980
- Type
- Windmill
- Address
- Bixley Mill, Loddon Road, Caistor St. Edmund and Bixley
- OS grid reference
- TG 256 062
- Coordinates
- 52.60682, 1.33048
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bixley Mill is a tower corn windmill, now functioning as a water tower. It was originally built in 1838 with 11 storeys but was reduced to 7 storeys in 1865. Later, in the late 20th century, it was further reduced to 5 storeys, with the top two storeys being rebuilt. The structure is made of brick and features a plain tile roof. It has a circular tapering plan with a batter at the top. The main entrance is located on the south side, featuring a segmental head above a 20th-century door, which is situated below a glazed loading doorway. There is also a small door on the west side in a reduced opening, marked by a plaque that reads "C.C. 1838" (Charles Clare). The windows are centre hung and placed at intervals around the building. Corbelling can be seen below the conical roof, and there is no machinery present.
Local climate
Bixley Mill sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% 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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