Walton Windmill is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 January 1986. Windmill.
Walton Windmill
- WRENN ID
- standing-outpost-moth
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 January 1986
- Type
- Windmill
- Address
- Walton Windmill, Walton Hill
- OS grid reference
- ST 462 352
- Coordinates
- 51.11372, -2.76973
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Walton Windmill is a tower mill that has been converted into a dwelling. It was likely built in 1793 for Thomas, Marquis of Bath, on an earlier site. The mill was converted into a home in 1926 when the tower was heightened and the sails and machinery were removed. A single-storey extension added to the south in the late 20th century is not of special interest. The structure is made of coursed and squared rubble, which is colourwashed, and features a parapet with coping and a squat brick chimney. The tower is slightly tapering and circular in plan, standing four storeys tall. Each floor has one and two-light metal casements with glazing bars. There is a door opening to the east with a studded plank door. The windmill is primarily noted for its prominent position in the landscape and holds some historical importance.
Local climate
Walton Windmill receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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