Colney Heath Mill

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Colney Heath Windmill
Colney Heath Mill
Origin
Mill nameColney Heath Mill
Mill location TL 205 055
Coordinates 51°44′8.53″N0°15′20.38″W / 51.7357028°N 0.2556611°W / 51.7357028; -0.2556611 Coordinates: 51°44′8.53″N0°15′20.38″W / 51.7357028°N 0.2556611°W / 51.7357028; -0.2556611
Operator(s)Private
Year builtc1854
Information
Purpose Corn mill
Type Tower mill
StoreysFour storeys
No. of sailsFour sails
Auxiliary power Steam engine
No. of pairs of millstonesThree pairs

Colney Heath Mill is a Grade II listed [1] smock mill at Colney Heath, Hertfordshire, England which has been converted to residential accommodation.

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History

Colney Heath Mill was built in the 1850s. It was working until 1906, latterly by steam engine. [2] The mill was converted to residential accommodation between 1999 and 2004 [1]

Description

Colney Heath Mill is a four-storey tower mill It has a domed cap. There were four sails which drove three pairs of millstones. [2]

Millers

Reference for above:- [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Historic England. "Mill at Mill House, Coursers Road (west side), Colney Heath, St. Albans, Hertfordshire (1296524)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 10 June 2009.
  2. 1 2 3 Moore, Cyril (1999). Hertfordshire Windmills and Windmillers. Sawbridgeworth: Windsup Publishing. pp. 63–64. ISBN   0-9533861-0-4.
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