Langstone Windmill

Langstone Windmill
The mill in 1869
Origin
Mill name Langstone Mill
Grid reference SU 7199 0494
Coordinates 50°50′22″N 0°58′43″W / 50.8395°N 0.9787°W / 50.8395; -0.9787Coordinates: 50°50′22″N 0°58′43″W / 50.8395°N 0.9787°W / 50.8395; -0.9787
Operator(s) Private
Information
Purpose Corn mill
Type Tower mill
Storeys Four storeys
No. of sails Four sails
Type of sails Common sails
Windshaft Wood
Winding Hand winded

Langstone Windmill is a Grade II listed[1] tower mill at Langstone, Hampshire in England. The windmill is also a Scheduled Ancient Monument.[2] It has been converted to residential accommodation.

History

Langstone Mill was built around 1730.[2] It worked in conjunction with a tide mill close by.[3] The mill was derelict in 1934.[4] By 1939 it had been converted to residential accommodation, with the tower tarred and a new cap constructed.[3]

Description

Langstone Mill is a four-storey tower mill which shows evidence of having been raised by a storey at some point. It had a hand winded domed cap and the four common sails were carried on a wooden windshaft.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Langstone Windmill, 22 Langstone High Street, Havant". English Heritage. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
  2. 1 2 "Monument No. 892118". English Heritage. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
  3. 1 2 "Langstone windmill and tide mill, Havant, Hampshire". English Heritage. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
  4. ↑ Ellis, Monica (editor) (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.
  5. ↑ Once a Week issue dated 16 January 1869
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