Outwood Post Mill is a Grade I listed building in the Tandridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 June 1958. A Post-Medieval Post mill. 2 related planning applications.

Outwood Post Mill

WRENN ID
solemn-portal-snow
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Tandridge
Constituency
East Surrey MP: Claire Coutinho (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 June 1958
Type
Post mill
Period
Post-Medieval
Address
Outwood Post Mill, Gayhouse Lane, RH1 5PP
OS grid reference
TQ 327 455
Coordinates
51.19376, -0.10128
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Outwood Post Mill is a post mill built in 1665, which has been restored in the 19th and 20th centuries. It features an oak substructure set on a whitewashed brick circular base topped with a felt pent roof. The mill is weatherboarded above and has 4-inch slatted pine sails. There are steps and a post at the rear, with a board door located under a shallow pent roof. The sides of the mill have two casement windows and boarded openings at the rear, along with additional doors that have transom lights on the sides of the circular base.

Inside, the mill machinery is largely in working order. The oak crowntree, which is 21 inches square, is inscribed with the date 1880. This mill is reputed to be the oldest working windmill in the country.

Local climate

Outwood Post Mill receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% 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 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% 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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