Site of 19th century South Ockendon Wind Mill (EHER 5275)

South Ockendon wind mill, of 1828, originally water driven. Now demolished.

Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import. Site of South Ockendon wind mill, of 1828, it was originally water driven. <1> <2> The mill is a three storied, weatherboarded smock mill on a single storey brick base, built around 1830. It was originally water-driven. It has a large boat-shaped cap with four patent sails which are damaged and a tail fan staging with fan missing. It is Disused. Apparently was listed (grade II) but not in recent listings. <3> <4> Other reference <5> Field Survey 2011 25/05/2011 A field visit was undertaken to the site and the location was searched but no trace of the building or foundations could be found. The local farmer employed on the site recalled the mill and remarked that part of the water channel for the water mill still existed. Some of the machinery from South Ockendon is supposedly held in storage by the Essex County Council Mills Team. Some interest has been expressed by the Parish Council in rebuilding the mill on land close to the village itself <6>. KENNETH FARRIES SURVEY (Extracts) Smock Mill, once incorporating a watermill. Stood on the south side of the moat at Hall Farm, approached by a drive leading eastwards from the parish church. TQ 604831. The detailed account in Farries volume 2 was written prior to the mill’s collapse on 2nd November 1977. <7> In 1978 Mr R Wardill found a cor date hand-axe lying on the surface following the demolition of the windmill (detailed in EHER 82667) . <8> <9>