Woodchurch Windmill is a Grade II* listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 August 1962. A C18 Windmill.
Woodchurch Windmill
- WRENN ID
- fossil-basalt-yew
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Ashford
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 August 1962
- Type
- Windmill
- OS grid reference
- TQ 943 352
- Coordinates
- 51.08334, 0.77282
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Woodchurch Windmill is a smock mill, likely built in the late 18th century. It is one of a pair of mills known as 'the twins', both of which were relocated from another site. The Upper Mill, which was from the early 18th century, was moved from Place Lane, stopped working in 1910, and was later demolished. The Lower Mill, which is still standing, was moved from Susan's Hill and ceased operations in 1926. The ground floor is constructed of tarred brick, while the upper part is faced with weatherboarding. The mill features sweeps without shutters and has a boat-shaped cap that was damaged at the time of the last survey in 1976. The fantail remains intact.
Local climate
Woodchurch 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 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% 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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