Langstone Windmill Explained

Langstone Windmill
Name Of Mill:Langstone Mill
Gbgridref:SU 7199 0494
Coordinates:50.8395°N -0.9787°W
Operator:Private
Purpose:Corn mill
Type:Tower mill
Storeys:Four storeys
Sail Number:Four sails
Sail Type:Common sails
Windshaft:Wood
Winding:Hand winded

Langstone Windmill is a Grade II listed tower mill at Langstone, Hampshire in England. It has been converted to residential accommodation.

History

Langstone Mill was built around 1730.[1] It worked in conjunction with a tide mill close by. The mill was derelict in 1934.[2] By 1939 it had been converted to residential accommodation, with the tower tarred and a new cap constructed.[3] The conversion was to a design by Ernst L. Freud with the first resident being Flora Twort.[4]

Description

Langstone Mill is a four-storey tower mill which shows evidence of having been raised by a storey at some point. It had a hand winded domed cap and the four common sails were carried on a wooden windshaft.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Monument No. 892118 . English Heritage . 7 June 2009.
  2. Book: Monica. Ellis. 1978. Water and Wind Mills in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. 60. Southampton University Industrial Archaeology Group. Southampton. 0-905280-01-6.
  3. Web site: Langstone windmill and tide mill, Havant, Hampshire . English Heritage . 7 June 2009.
  4. Book: O’Brien . Charles. Bailey . Bruce. Pevsner . Nikolaus . Lloyd . David W. . 2018 . The Buildings of England Hampshire: South . Yale University Press . 359. 9780300225037.
  5. Once a Week issue dated 16 January 1869