Plumstead Common Windmill facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Plumstead Common Windmill |
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Drawing dated 1820
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Grid reference | TQ 4480 7791 |
Coordinates | 51°28′54″N 0°05′02″E / 51.4817°N 0.0840°E |
Year built | Early nineteenth century |
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Purpose | Corn mill |
Type | Tower mill |
Storeys | Four storeys |
No. of sails | Four |
Type of sails | Common sails |
Winding | Hand winded |
Plumstead Common Windmill is a tower mill in Plumstead Common, in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, in south London.
History
Plumstead Common Windmill was marked on the 1819-43 Ordnance Survey map. In 1827, there was an accident at the mill when so many people crowded onto the stage to watch a sham fight that it gave way, injuring a number of them. In 1848, the mill was converted into a brewhouse, having been disused for a number of years previously. The tower remains today, as part of the Old Mill pub.
Description
Plumstead Common Mill has a four-storey brick tower. It had four common sails. There was a stage at first floor level. The mill had a domed cap and was winded by hand.
Millers
- Longmore 1827
- Clements
References for above:-
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