Brent Pelham Windmill

51°57′42″N 0°05′11″E / 51.96167°N 0.08639°E / 51.96167; 0.08639Operator(s)PrivateYear built1826InformationPurposeCorn millTypeSmockStoreysTwo-storey smockBase storeysSingle-storey baseSmock sidesEight sidesNo. of sailsFour sailsNo. of pairs of millstonesTwo pairs

Brent Pelham Windmill is a Grade II listed^[1] smock mill at Brent Pelham, Hertfordshire, England which is derelict.^[2][3]

History

Brent Pelham Mill was built in 1826 by William Halden,^[1] 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.^[4]

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.^[4] The weatherboarding is vertical, and survives under the corrugated iron.^[1]

Millers

• Peter Harris 1839-54
• Thomas Miles 1855-63
• Walter Watson 1863-90

Reference for above:-^[4]

References

External links

• Windmill World webpage on Brent Pelham Mill.