Chalton Windmill

50°56′23″N 0°58′56″W / 50.9398°N 0.9822°W / 50.9398; -0.9822Year builtEarly 19th centuryInformationPurposeCorn millTypeTower millStoreysFour storeysNo. of sailsFour sailsType of sailsPatent sailsWindshaftCast ironWindingFantail

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.

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

External links

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