Brent Pelham Windmill is a
Grade II listed
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smock mill
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Brent Pelham
Brent Pelham is a village and civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district, in the county of Hertfordshire, England, and situated approximately 5 miles (8 km) east of Buntingford. It is one of the three Pelhams, with Stocking Pelham and ...
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Hertfordshire
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England
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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.][
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Millers
*Peter Harris 1839-54
*Thomas Miles 1855-63
*Walter Watson 1863-90
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References
External links
Windmill World
webpage on Brent Pelham Mill.
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Windmills in Hertfordshire
Smock mills in England
Grinding mills in the United Kingdom
Windmills completed in 1826
Grade II listed buildings in Hertfordshire
Grade II listed windmills
Octagonal buildings in the United Kingdom
1826 establishments in England