Brent Pelham Windmill is a

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which is derelict."The Old Windmill, Brent Pelham"
British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 1 October 2013.

History

Brent Pelham Mill was built in 1826 by William Halden, who was at Meesden windmill in 1827. It was working until at least 1890 and was disused by 1898. At some point the mill was stripped of machinery and a water tank was built on the smock tower. The mill survives in this form today, clad in corrugated iron.

Description

Brent Pelham Mill is a two-storey smock mill on a single-storey brick base. It had four ''sails'' and drove two pairs of ''millstones''. The weatherboarding is vertical, and survives under the corrugated iron.

Millers

*Peter Harris 1839-54 *Thomas Miles 1855-63 *Walter Watson 1863-90 Reference for above:-

References

External links

Windmill World
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