Rye Windmill is a Grade II listed building in the Rother local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 October 1951. Windmill. 3 related planning applications.

Rye Windmill

WRENN ID
idle-banister-tallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Rother
Constituency
Hastings and Rye MP: Helena Dollimore (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 October 1951
Type
Windmill
Address
Rye Windmill, Ferry Road, TN31 7DW
OS grid reference
TQ 916 203
Coordinates
50.95045, 0.7271
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Rye Windmill is a smock-type windmill, dating to around 1578. The ground and first floors are constructed of tarred brick, while the upper section is clad in white weather boarding. The mill is now a shell, having been entirely destroyed by fire in 1930. It was rebuilt to fulfil the terms of the lease under which it was held, although it is not a complete replica of the original. The rebuilt structure contains no machinery and only one floor division, which serves as a storehouse and garage. The fantail is a dummy feature.

Local climate

Rye 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 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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