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Site of post-medieval windmil (EHER 47460)

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Summary

Site of post-medieval windmill. The brick tower housed five floors, and its double-shuttered anti-clockwise patent sails drove three pairs of stones underdrift on the second floor above ground level.

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Location

Grid reference TM 1327 3015 (point)
Civil Parish BRADFIELD, TENDRING, ESSEX

Type and Period

Description

Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import: A tower mill of unknown date stood west of Windmill Road, 150 yards south of the junction with Mill Lane, and behind 'The Nook', a detached house. The brick tower housed five floors, and its double-shuttered anti-clockwise patent sails drove three pairs of stones underdrift on the second floor above ground level. <1> <2>

Sources

  • <1> Monograph: Farries, K.. 1981-1988. Essex Windmills, Millers and Millwrights, Volumes 1 to 5.
  • <2> Collection: Various. Various. Historic England Archive. BF002075.

Other References

  • NRHE identifier: 497607
  • National Monuments Record: TM 13 SW 78

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