Brent Pelham Windmill

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Brent Pelham Windmill
Brent Pelham Windmill
Origin
Mill nameBrent 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 Coordinates: 51°57′42″N0°05′11″E / 51.96167°N 0.08639°E / 51.96167; 0.08639
Operator(s)Private
Year built1826
Information
Purpose Corn mill
Type Smock
StoreysTwo-storey smock
Base storeysSingle-storey base
Smock sidesEight sides
No. of sailsFour sails
No. of pairs of millstonesTwo pairs

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

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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

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

Reference for above:- [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 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. 1 2 3 Moore, Cyril (1999). Hertfordshire Windmills and Windmillers. Sawbridgeworth: Windsup Publishing. pp. 108–109. ISBN   0-9533861-0-4.
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