Site of post-medieval corn mill, 'East Mill', at Mill House Farm (EHER 4820)
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Summary
Now destroyed. One of two smock mills for corn.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TL 5074 4379 (6m by 6m) Digitised from 1st ed OS |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | GREAT CHESTERFORD, UTTLESFORD, ESSEX |
Type and Period
Description
Windmill. <1>
Windmill (corn) now demolished. <2>
Two cards in OS with slightly different NGRs. Two mills very close together on 1st ed OS. <3>
One of a pair of smock mills taht stood 120 yards apart. This one is believed tio have been demolished before 1893. A painting exists showing both the windmills and the four millers cottages inbetween. The mills were of similar appearance, built as 8-sided smocks on one storey bases, without stage, and with white painted caps, four anti-clockwise double-shuttered sails and fantails. The caps were dome-shaped without finial, and the fan posts were placed upright with low diagonals set in from front and rear off base timbers which ran well out from the cap. The western mill appears taller in the painting. <4>
NRHE data transfer:
(TL 50744378) Windmill (Corn) (NAT). <3>
January 1977. Field survey.
Windmill now demolished. <5>
Sources
- <1> SEX4 DESC TEXT: Unknown. 1960 onwards. SMR form unknown.
- <2> SEX52658 RECORD SHEET/FORM: Ordnance Survey. 1950-1990. OS cards. TL54SW50, 1977.
- <3> SEX43340 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1861-1876. Ordnance Survey 25 inch (1st edition). 25".
- <4> SEX20474 Monograph: Farries, K.. 1981-1988. Essex Windmills, Millers and Millwrights, Volumes 1 to 5. pp.75-76.
- <5> SEX75700 PERSONAL OBSERVATION: Ordnance Survey. Field Investigator's Comments. Stevens, P.A., 04-JAN-77.
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Events (1)
Other References
- Old SMR Number: TL54-062
- NRHE identifier: 374339
- National Monuments Record: TL 54 SW 51