Plumstead Common Windmill

51°28′54″N 0°05′02″E / 51.4817°N 0.0840°E / 51.4817; 0.0840Year builtEarly nineteenth centuryInformationPurposeCorn millTypeTower millStoreysFour storeysNo. of sailsFourType of sailsCommon sailsWindingHand 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.^[1] 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.^[1]

Millers

• Longmore 1827^[1][2]
• Clements^[1][2]

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