St Benets Level Windpump at Tg 39941564 is a Grade II* listed building in the The Broads Authority local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 May 1987. Windpump.

St Benets Level Windpump at Tg 39941564

WRENN ID
cold-sill-frost
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
The Broads Authority
Constituency
North Norfolk MP: Steff Aquarone (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 May 1987
Type
Windpump
Address
St Benets Level Windpump at Tg 39941564, Horning, North Norfolk
OS grid reference
TG 399 156
Coordinates
52.68523, 1.54872
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

St. Benet's Level Windpump is a late 18th-century tower draining mill, restored in 1976. It features a tapering four-storey brick tower with a door on the east side that has a segmental head, and a segmental-headed window below it. There is an additional ground floor window on the south side. The windpump has a boarded, boat-shaped cap that carries sails, a gallery, and a fan stage. It includes a striking chain wheel and tailpole. All machinery is intact, including an external turbine, although the bevel gears were replaced in 1976.

Local climate

St Benets Level Windpump at Tg 39941564 receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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