Windmill is a Grade II* listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1974. A C18 Windmill.

Windmill

WRENN ID
swift-paling-scarlet
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
West Suffolk
Constituency
West Suffolk MP: Nick Timothy (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 May 1974
Type
Windmill
Address
Windmill, Great Thurlow
OS grid reference
TL 671 499
Coordinates
52.12283, 0.44025
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The building is a windmill, specifically an octagonal timber-framed and weatherboarded smock mill dating from the 18th to 19th century. It is constructed on a brick base and has been well restored in the 20th century, featuring sails and a fantail.

Local climate

Windmill 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 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% 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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