Windmill approximately 180m north-east of The Mills and shop (EHER 35729)

A tower mill for the processing of cereals. Built in 1811 of red brick, the mill fell out of use around 1919. It is now a private residence.

2001. Building survey. The historic and structural survey of North Mill was undertaken to provide a definitive record of the buildings present condition, its technological status and to record the extent to which previous 'renovation' works have impacted upon the building’s fabric. North mill is the later (1811) of two windmills (other South mill) built on the NW side of Clavering. The mills worked up to 1919, when the sails were removed, the north mill continuing to function, powered by a small oil engine. The most obvious alteration has been the removal of the sails and beehive cap and its replacement with an aluminium cap. Built in brick over five storeys with a low semi-octagonal timber-framed lean-to office range built around the northern third of the mill at ground floor. The first (spout) floor retained much of the original milling apparatus including a central circular meal bin, the three sets bridgetrees, although the removal of two sets of stones had comprised their integrity. The original governor mechanism remained only on the tentering gear serving the remaining stones. The hursting, gearing and pulleys of the engine drive also remained but the engine had been removed. One set of stones (of three originally) survived on the second (stone) floor. The clasp arm great spur wheel driving the stones and a crown wheel powering ancillary machinery, and the sack hoist remained. The sack hoist winding drum was all that remained on the third (bin) floor, the grain bins removed, while the fourth (dust) floor retained the framework for the pulley and little else. The upright shaft, driven by the sails, rose through the mill from the second floor up to the cap. The removal of their cap had taken away all the drive to the upright shaft head. The survey concluded that, over the past two decades, the mill had been subjected to some very poor repairs. Most noticeably crude and inadequate repairs to the ends of the main floor joists from the second floor up. Contemporary reflooring had removed the majority of the original common floor joists and therefore the removal of much of the ancillary equipment and the loss of the building’s vertical relationships (chutes, hatches, stairs etc). Externally the mill had been comprehensively refenestrated and new replica doors added. <1> Tower Mill stands east of the road to Stickling Green at a point 220 yards north of the T-junction. <2> <3> 2011. Field survey. Both mills, which are near to each other, have the sails removed and pointed domes in place of the caps. The North Mill has three windows vertically in line and date plaque 1811 between the upper two; both mills are of red brick. The North mill was working until 1955 by oil engine; the walls are 3 ft thick at the base made of clunch cased in brick. The South mill is usually dated to 1757. Present Use: Derelict Condition: Disused to some extent used as stores. ERO SOURCES: D/DU 625 1673-20C deeds. North Mill from 1811 onwards; incl. 1849 and elevation in marginal plan 1879. SITE BACKGROUND: Built in 1811, the mill has an aluminium cap dating from 1957, but no sails. There were three pairs of stones of which one pair remains, together with some machinery. It is the larger of the two existing Clavering tower mills. There was also a post mill nearby at NGR TL466326, the mound of which remains in the triangle of the road intersection. <4> See also: <5> NRHE data transfer: A tower mill for the processing of cereals. Built in 1811 of red brick, the mill fell out of use around 1919. It is now a private residence. Listed. <6> <7> Recorded by NRIM. Photographed. <8> See also: <9>