Brent Pelham Windmill

Brent Pelham Windmill
Origin
Mill name	Brent Pelham Mill
Mill location	TL 433 313
Coordinates	51°57′42″N0°05′11″E / 51.96167°N 0.08639°E / 51.96167; 0.08639
Operator(s)	Private
Year built	1826
Information
Purpose	Corn mill
Type	Smock
Storeys	Two-storey smock
Base storeys	Single-storey base
Smock sides	Eight sides
No. of sails	Four sails
No. of pairs of millstones	Two pairs

Brent Pelham Windmill is a Grade II listed ^[1] smock mill at Brent Pelham, Hertfordshire, England which is derelict. ^{[2] [3]}

History

Brent Pelham Mill was built in 1826 by William Halden, ^[1] who was at Meesden windmill in 1827. It was working until at least 1890 and was disused by 1898. At some point the mill was stripped of machinery and a water tank was built on the smock tower. The mill survives in this form today, clad in corrugated iron. ^[4]

Description

For an explanation of the various pieces of machinery, see Mill machinery.

Brent Pelham Mill is a two-storey smock mill on a single-storey brick base. It had four sails and drove two pairs of millstones. ^[4] The weatherboarding is vertical, and survives under the corrugated iron. ^[1]

Millers

• Peter Harris 1839-54
• Thomas Miles 1855-63
• Walter Watson 1863-90

Reference for above:- ^[4]

References

1. Historic England. "THE OLD WINDMILL, THE KENNELS, BRENT PELHAM, EAST HERTFORDSHIRE, HERTFORDSHIRE (/1176043)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 10 June 2009.
2. "Brent Pelham Windmill" Windmill World. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
3. "The Old Windmill, Brent Pelham" British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
4. Moore, Cyril (1999). Hertfordshire Windmills and Windmillers. Sawbridgeworth: Windsup Publishing. pp. 108–109. ISBN   0-9533861-0-4.

External links

• Windmill World webpage on Brent Pelham Mill.