Old Lane Mill is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 April 1967. Windmill, scout hut.

Old Lane Mill

WRENN ID
swift-storey-heath
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cumberland
Constituency
Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 April 1967
Type
Windmill, scout hut
Address
Old Lane Mill, Station Road Wigton
OS grid reference
NY 253 488
Coordinates
54.82906, -3.16291
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Old Lane Mill is a late 18th-century windmill that has been converted into a scout hut, with some 19th-century additions. It is constructed of random red sandstone rubble and topped with a Welsh slate roof. The structure features a five-storey tapering circular tower that lacks sails, alongside a three-storey rectangular steam-mill extension. The tower has 20th-century plank doors and small square windows positioned at various levels. The extension includes a large cart entrance with a 20th-century plank door, while the upper floor lofts and side windows have been blocked with brick. The walls have been raised in height using brick, and there is the base of a square sandstone chimney located to the left. Although the original machinery was removed in the early 1970s, the internal floors of the mill remain intact.

Local climate

Old Lane Mill sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,230 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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