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Brent Pelham Windmill

Brent Pelham Windmill

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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

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