The Windmill is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 April 1967. House. 3 related planning applications.
The Windmill
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 April 1967
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Windmill, Bromfield, CA7 3LY
- OS grid reference
- NY 169 454
- Coordinates
- 54.79718, -3.29399
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Windmill, now a private house, was built in the early 19th century and altered in the 20th century. It is constructed of painted quarry-faced sandstone, topped by a domed wooden cap with a brick chimney stack. The three-storey, tapering circular tower has 20th-century casement windows, most set in original plain reveals. The interior contains no notable features. A circular, wrap-around extension at the base of the building is not of significant architectural interest. The owner intends to restore the sails, which were recorded as having been removed before 1860, when the windmill was reportedly powered by water and steam. Historical references can be found in the Cumberland News of 6 February 1981 and in the Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society, new series, volume 72, pages 133-4.
Local climate
The Windmill sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,250 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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 — 2 transactions since 2012
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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