Chalton Windmill | |
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Origin | |
Mill name | Chalton mill |
Grid reference | SU 7160 1608 |
Coordinates | 50°56′23″N0°58′56″W / 50.9398°N 0.9822°W Coordinates: 50°56′23″N0°58′56″W / 50.9398°N 0.9822°W |
Year built | Early 19th century |
Information | |
Purpose | Corn mill |
Type | Tower mill |
Storeys | Four storeys |
No. of sails | Four sails |
Type of sails | Patent sails |
Windshaft | Cast iron |
Winding | Fantail |
Chalton Windmill is a Grade II listed [1] tower mill on the top of Windmill Hill at Chalton, Hampshire, England, which has been converted to residential use.
A mill has been recorded on the site since 1289. [2] A windmill was marked on John Norden's map dated 1607, John Speed's map dated 1611, Joan Blaeu's map dated 1645 and John Ogilby's map dated 1675. [3] The Chalton mill was built in the early nineteenth century. [1] In the 1950s it was threatened with demolition but a preservation order was placed on the mill by the local council. [4] Circa 1978 permission was given for the mill to be incorporated into a new-build house. [5] The converted mill was awarded a Certificate of Merit by the Petersfield Society. [4]
Chalton windmill is a four-storey tower mill. It had four patent sails carried on a cast-iron windshaft and the cap was winded by a fantail. The millstones were driven overdrift. [5]
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Chalton is a small English village and former civil parish in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire. It is in the civil parish of Clanfield, 2.3 miles (3.7 km) north-east of Horndean and just east of the A3. The nearest railway station is 3.1 miles (5 km) south of the village, at Rowlands Castle.
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Windmill Hill is a chalk hill running alongside the A3(M) in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England, overlooking Chalton to the east, and Clanfield to the west. It measures 193 metres above sea level and is named so because of Chalton Windmill which sits upon its summit. This windmill is a Grade II listed building which lay derelict until the late 1970s, when it was restored and converted into a private residence.