Cholesbury Windmill is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 December 1958. Windmill. 2 related planning applications.
Cholesbury Windmill
- WRENN ID
- deep-remnant-azure
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Mid Buckinghamshire MP: Greg Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 December 1958
- Type
- Windmill
- Address
- Cholesbury Windmill, Rays Hill, Cholesbury-Cum-St. Leonards, HP5 2UJ
- OS grid reference
- SP 935 069
- Coordinates
- 51.75316, -0.64655
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a tower mill, constructed in 1863. It is primarily of brick, originally tarred but now painted white. The mill features a dome cap and finial, as well as sails and a fantail. The building has been converted into a house, with an adjoining cottage of no particular architectural interest.
Local climate
Cholesbury Windmill sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- 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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