Patcham Windmill is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 October 1952. Windmill. 2 related planning applications.

Patcham Windmill

WRENN ID
blind-keep-sorrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Downs National Park
Constituency
Brighton Pavilion MP: Siân Berry (Green)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 October 1952
Type
Windmill
Address
Patcham Windmill, Mill Road, the City of Brighton and Hove, BN1 8YH
OS grid reference
TQ 291 086
Coordinates
50.86279, -0.16634
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Patcham Windmill is a brick structure dating to 1885. It is three storeys high, circular in plan, and features a string course above the second floor. The cap, which houses the machinery, is of a beehive design and topped with a ball finial. The windmill’s exterior is brick, coated with cement, and the cap appears to be covered with green tiles. A fantail, with ribs and sweeps, is positioned on the structure; some of the sweeps were replaced after 1952. The interior of the windmill was not inspected during the listing process.

Local climate

Patcham Windmill receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 1996
  • Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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