The Old Windmill is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1987. Mill. 2 related planning applications.
The Old Windmill
- WRENN ID
- small-moat-acorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 December 1987
- Type
- Mill
- Address
- The Old Windmill, Blakesley, NN12 8RF
- OS grid reference
- SP 622 503
- Coordinates
- 52.14822, -1.0911
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Windmill is an early 19th-century tower mill located in Blakesley, near the settlement of Quinbury End. Constructed of red brick in English bond, the mill stands as a five-storey tower, notably lacking a cap or sails. A plank door with a segmental brick head is accessed via five stone steps. The tower features a variety of windows: some include 12-pane sash windows, while others are two-light casement windows, all with segmental-arched heads.
Local climate
The Old 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 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% 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 — 10 transactions since 1996
- 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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