Building record 0159400000 - GROVE MILL, WINDMILL HILL

Summary

Nineteenth century windmill, built 1865, ceased working 1903 and now in use as a house.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1273693: COLESHILL WINDMILL (DBC6764)

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Type and Period (3)

  • (Alternate Type) CORN MILL (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
  • WINDMILL (19th Century to Modern - 1856 AD? to 1903 AD)
  • TOWER MILL (Built 1865, 19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

Built 1856 by Thos. Grove. Ceased working 1903. Stocks of 3 sails remain. Fantail damaged, gallery gone. Unusual wagon shape cap (B1).
Converted to house (Windmill House). Red brick tower. Had 4 patent sails (B3).
1856 date needs verifying. Built by Holman's, Canterbury. Typical Kentish design & proportions (B6).
Buildings report held at NMR (B7).
Grade II. 1856 brick tower mill, weatherboarded cap with stumps of sails only. Machinery removed (B8).
Built in 1865 for Thomas Grove, a London fish merchant. Detailed account and description (B9).

Sources (9)

  • <1>SBC14633 Bibliographic reference: SMITH D ENGLISH WINDMILLS 2 (1932) P136 PLUS ILLUSTRATION P126.
  • <2>SBC16329 Bibliographic reference: VINCE J WINDMILLS IN BUCKS AND THE CHILTERNS (1976 ) P18.
  • <3>SBC14616 Bibliographic reference: SMITH AC WINDMILLS IN BUCKS AND OXON (1976) P17 PLUS ILLUSTRATION P9.
  • <4>SBC11428 Map: OS SIX INCH MAP FIRST EDITION (1883) (SHEET 43).
  • <5>XYSBC11426 Map: OS SIX INCH MAP (1960). [Mapped feature: #26993 ]
  • <6>SBC16259 Bibliographic reference: VENN J H, JULY 1986.
  • <7>SBC23358 Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2006. NMR Buildings Reports. BF001930.
  • <8>SBC19816 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1984. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Buckinghamshire: Chiltern District: Parishes of Amersham, Chesham Bois and Coleshill. p113.
  • <9>SBC25360 Bibliographic reference: Stanley Freese & James Venn, revised & edited by Guy Blythman. 2020. Buckinghamshire Windmills. pp32, 36-7, 133, 142.

Location

Grid reference SU 94839 94811 (point)
Civil Parish COLESHILL, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

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Mar 23 2021 1:38AM

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