Chalton Windmill

Chalton Windmill is a Grade II listed[1] tower mill on the top of Windmill Hill at Chalton, Hampshire, England, which has been converted to residential use.

Chalton Windmill
Chalton Mill

Origin
Mill name	Chalton mill
Grid reference	SU 7160 1608
Coordinates	50.9398°N 0.9822°W / 50.9398; -0.9822
Year built	Early 19th century
Information
Purpose	Corn mill
Type	Tower mill
Storeys	Four storeys
No. of sails	Four sails
Type of sails	Patent sails
Windshaft	Cast iron
Winding	Fantail

History

A mill has been recorded on the site since 1289.[2] A windmill was marked on John Norden's map dated 1607, John Speed's map dated 1611, Joan Blaeu's map dated 1645 and John Ogilby's map dated 1675.[3] The Chalton mill was built in the early nineteenth century.[1] In the 1950s it was threatened with demolition but a preservation order was placed on the mill by the local council.[4] Circa 1978 permission was given for the mill to be incorporated into a new-build house.[5] The converted mill was awarded a Certificate of Merit by the Petersfield Society.[4]

Description

Chalton windmill is a four-storey tower mill. It had four patent sails carried on a cast-iron windshaft and the cap was winded by a fantail. The millstones were driven overdrift.[5]

References

Historic England. "CHALTON WINDMILL, CLANFIELD, EAST HAMPSHIRE, HAMPSHIRE (1094608)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
"CHALTON". British History Online. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
"Windmill, Clanfield". enve.port.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
"The Petersfield Society Awards". The Petersfield Society. Archived from the original on 23 July 2008. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
Ellis, Monica, ed. (1978). Water and Wind Mills in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Southampton: Southampton University Industrial Archaeology Group. p. 60. ISBN 0-905280-01-6.

External links

Windmill World webpage on Chalton windmill
Photograph of the derelict mill c. 1964

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