Copton Windmill is a Grade II listed building in the Swale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 August 1972. Windmill.
Copton Windmill
- WRENN ID
- lunar-string-shade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swale
- Constituency
- Faversham and Mid Kent MP: Helen Whately (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 August 1972
- Type
- Windmill
- Address
- Copton Windmill, Ashford Road, Faversham
- OS grid reference
- TR 012 595
- Coordinates
- 51.29942, 0.88613
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Copton Windmill, built around 1830, is a tower-type windmill made of brick. The cap and sails are now missing, and there is an iron water storage tank at the top. It was constructed by a German firm and was originally used for pumping water.
Local climate
Copton Windmill sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% 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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