Croxley Green Windmill

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Croxley Green Windmill
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Croxley Green Windmill
Origin
Mill nameCroxley Green Mill
Mill location TQ 067 953
Coordinates 51°38′47″N0°27′29″W / 51.64639°N 0.45806°W / 51.64639; -0.45806
Operator(s)Private
Year builtc1860
Information
Purpose Corn mill
Type Tower mill
StoreysFive storeys
No. of sailsFour sails
Type of sails Patent sails
Winding Fantail
Auxiliary power Steam engine
No. of pairs of millstonesThree pairs

Croxley Green Windmill is a Grade II listed [1] tower mill at Croxley Green, Hertfordshire, England which has been converted to residential accommodation.

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History

Croxley Green Windmill was built c1860. Isaac Watts was the miller in 1861. He was living at Warden Hill near Luton, Bedfordshire in 1859. The mill was working by wind until the sails were blown off in the 1880s and from 1886 is recorded as having worked by steam engine only. The mill was last used to grind wheat in 1899 and after that it was used as a saw mill and turnery. By the 1930s the mill was used as a chicken house and pigeon loft. During the Second World War it was used as an Air Raid Precautions observation post, with an air raid siren mounted on the tower. The mill was converted to residential accommodation in the 1960s. [2]

Description

Croxley Green Mill is a five-storey tower mill with a stage at second floor level. The tower has an internal diameter of 22 feet (6.71 m) at ground level. It had a boat shaped cap winded by a fantail. The four Patent sails drove three pairs of millstones. [2]

Millers

Reference for above:- [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Historic England. "THE WINDMILL, WINDMILL DRIVE (north side), RICKMANSWORTH, THREE RIVERS, HERTFORDSHIRE (1100797)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 10 June 2009.
  2. 1 2 3 Moore, Cyril (1999). Hertfordshire Windmills and Windmillers. Sawbridgeworth: Windsup Publishing. pp. 71–72. ISBN   0-9533861-0-4.
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