Monument record 0179500000 - GARDEN OF ROSE COTTAGE, WINGRAVE

Summary

Site of eighteenth to nineteenth century windmill.

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Planning Notification Area: Site of post-medieval windmill

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Type and Period (2)

SMOCK MILL (18th Century to 19th Century - 1700 AD to 1899 AD)
WINDMILL (18th Century to 19th Century - 1700 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

Plan Form - OCTAGONAL
Wingrave Churchwardens' Accounts for 1741 refer to miller: 'Pd. Sarah Brooks for beer on ye miller a/c 1/-'; 'Pd. Wm. Druce for beer on ye miller a/c 1/-'. (B1).
Maps of 1825 & c.1847 mark a windmill approx at NGR (B2-3).
Reference to improvement & repair of mill noted from 'Aylesbury News' 4 December 1841: 'Wingrave Mill. The mill having undergone extensive improvements & repairs, Wm. Burton begs to inform his friends that he will work night & day (wind permitting) to fetch up his arrears of grinding. Goods fetched & carried any reasonable distance, strict attention paid to the wants of his customers & moderate charges' (B4).
A large windmill…at Whitchurch…was found not to answer and was removed and set up at Wingrave (B5).
Smockmill on a stone base, body of unusual tapered octagonal shape, of medium height. Dome shaped cap, cloth sails. 2 pairs of stones of c.4ft. [Further description](B6).
Site of windmill was at NGR. NB name 'Windmill Farm' in vicinity (B7).

Sources (7)

<1>SBC16779 Unpublished document: WINGRAVE CHURCHWARDENS' ACCOUNTS 1560/1760 (AT BRO ).
<2>SBC1967 Map: Andrew Bryant. 1825. Map of the County of Buckinghamshire. Printed map. Linen. 1.5 inches:1 mile.
<3>SBC26951 Bibliographic reference: George Lipscomb. 1847. The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham (Volume 1). Volume 1. Map.
<4>SBC14989 Bibliographic reference: A F Swann. Undated. INDUSTRY IN THE VALE OF AYLESBURY BETWEEN 1750 & 1900. p11.
<5>SBC6439 Bibliographic reference: J Holloway. 1889. TWO LECTURES ON THE HISTORY OF WHITCHURCH. p38.
<6>SBC5462 Unpublished document: Stanley Freese. 1946. WINDMILLS & WATERMILLS OF BUCKS (MANUSCRIPT NOTES).
<7>SBC5976 Verbal communication: 1975. HABEL MR J (WHO RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM AN ELDERLY RESIDENT OF WINGRAVE) TO FARLEY M E (BCM).

Location

Grid reference	SP 8722 1880 (point)
Civil Parish	WINGRAVE WITH ROWSHAM, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire