Remains of post-medieval windmill, Tye Green, Wimbish (EHER 251)

The remains of a windmill are shown on Chapman and Andre's map of Essex dating from 1777. The octagonal brick base of the roundhouse is still present on the site, and has been converted to domestic use.

Remains of a windmill, shown on Chapman and Andre map of 1777. Brick round house, part of former windmill tower now converted to a dwelling with small additions. Possibly a smock mill and maybe 18th century. Site Assessment = No longer listed? <1> - <5> September 1973. Field survey. Brick base of former smock windmill. This building is not immediately recognisable for what it was. Although the basic red-brick design of the lower part of a smock mill can still be noticed, there have been additions and alterations, notably the attractive domed top, and the whole is masked by trees which disguise the importance from the road. Illustration of about 1880 shows that this mill had no gallery and a series of buttresses around the base. <6> NRHE data transfer: Photographs of this mill are included in the Symonds Collection. Also in Wimbish, at Tye Green, was a smock mill, advertised in 1819 for removal, remained on the same site…. At Wimbish the mill was newly erected, having one pair of stones… OS map list shows Tye Green Mill last depicted on 3rd edition 1" (1902-5), does not appear on either popular 1" (1914-19) or 3rd edition 6" (1915-22). <7> 1989. Field survey. The site of the mill occupies a ridge top position and sits on a locally raised area although it is unclear to what extent it is man made. The base of the mill is an octagonal brick built structure with angle buttresses. The base of the mill is in use as a dwelling. A possibly late 19th century photograph of the mill (in the possession of the owner) shows a weather boarded smock mill with four sails. A mill is documented on this site from at least 1819, and is last portrayed on an OS map at the turn of the century. The owner believed the mill went out of use about the time of the Great War. <8> See also: <9>