Lowfield Heath Windmill is a Grade II listed building in the Mole Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 November 1966. Windmill.
Lowfield Heath Windmill
- WRENN ID
- young-cloister-hawthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mole Valley
- Constituency
- Dorking and Horley MP: Chris Coghlan (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 November 1966
- Type
- Windmill
- Address
- Lowfield Heath Windmill, Rectory Lane, Charlwood
- OS grid reference
- TQ 234 407
- Coordinates
- 51.15244, -0.23566
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lowfield Heath Windmill is a post mill believed to date from 1762. It was moved from its original site, 2.5 miles away, in 1987 due to the expansion of Gatwick Airport and has been extensively restored. The windmill features a late 20th-century brick round house, with the original chamfered centre post to the trestle and three of the other four posts being original as well. The tailwheel is also from the late 20th century. The body of the windmill has many original timbers, but the weatherboarded cladding and the majority of the steps were renewed in the late 20th century. The front face includes two blocked windows and a Dutch door at the base, with a wooden pentice above. The sides have three openings with wooden cornices on brackets. The windshaft is original, but the one pair of sails present at the time of the survey is from the late 20th century.
Local climate
Lowfield Heath Windmill receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% 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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