Windpump Called the Windmill is a Grade II listed building in the Wandsworth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 April 1983. Windpump.

Windpump Called the Windmill

WRENN ID
leaning-loft-rush
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wandsworth
Constituency
Tooting MP: Dr Rosena Allin-Khan (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 April 1983
Type
Windpump
Address
Windpump Called the Windmill, Windmill Road Sw18
OS grid reference
TQ 268 744
Coordinates
51.45497, -0.17632
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The windpump known as 'The Windmill' was built in 1837 to pump water back into an ornamental lake from the nearby London and Southampton Railway cutting. It is designed as a miniature smock mill, featuring a hexagonal weatherboarded body and cap set on a hexagonal brick base. Originally, before the lake was filled in 1884, which rendered the windpump obsolete, it had four double shuttered patent sails and a fan wheel mounted on the cap.

Local climate

Windpump Called 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 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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