Description

TL 97 SE STANTON UPTHORPE ROAD

3/52 Upthorpe Windmill 10.6.70 (Formerly listed as Stanton Upthorpe Windmill under General) GV II*

Post windmill. Dated 1807; restored 1939 but now derelict. Timber framed and weatherboarded buck with roof clad in iron sheeting; low red brick roundhouse. Remains of 2 patent sails; steps and fantail supports at rear, the fantail blades removed 1969 and stored inside the mill. The machinery is intact and includes wooden clasp-arm brakewheel with iron teeth mounted on a wooden windshaft; iron wallower and iron spurwheel with wooden cogs mounted on a wooden upright shaft; 2 pairs of underdriven mill stones in the breast; tentering system and sack hoist complete. A third pair of belt-driven stones in the tail were removed in 1939. Scheduled Ancient Monument (County No.136).

Listing NGR: TL9713373299

External Links

• Upthorpe Mill at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q7899339

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)