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Monument Number 498160
Hob Uid: 498160
Location : Essex Uttlesford Thaxted
Grid Ref : TL6096630818
Summary : A red brick tower mill built in 1804 for Mr John Webb, on the site of a mill of 1377. It is now fully restored, with sails and machinery and is one of the features of the town.
More information : Listed. (1,2) Built 1804 by John Webb using local bricks, on the site of a mill of 1377. Walls 4 fet thick at the base, 18" at bin floor level. By 1888 it had deteriorated so that repairs costing £200 were effected. When offered for sale in 1907 it was described as "4 floors, two double and two single patent sails driving 3 pairs of French stones" photographs of 1890 show that there were 4 double patent sails, and the first floor staging was still in use. An appeal was launched to restore the mill in 1971, and it had been made safe by 1978. Recorded by NRIM. Photographed. (3)

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Source details : District of Uttlesford (28th June 1983)
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Source details : Recorded by JB Lucy, Jul-1973, Record No. EX4
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Documented 137
Monument End Date : 1377
Monument Start Date : 1377
Monument Type : Windmill
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Built 1804
Monument End Date : 1804
Monument Start Date : 1804
Monument Type : Tower Mill, Corn Mill
Evidence : Extant Building

Monument Period Name : 20th Century
Display Date : Fully restored before 1998
Monument End Date : 1998
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Monument Type : Windmill
Evidence : Extant Building

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External Cross Reference Source : NBR Index Number
External Cross Reference Number : 2803
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External Cross Reference Source : Listed Building List Entry Legacy Uid
External Cross Reference Number : 122256
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External Cross Reference Source : NBR Index Number
External Cross Reference Number : NRI01
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External Cross Reference Source : Unified Designation System UID
External Cross Reference Number : 1112153
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : TL 63 SW 60
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : DESK BASED ASSESSMENT
Start Date : 1960-01-01
End Date : 1975-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : EVALUATION
Start Date : 2008-01-01
End Date : 2008-12-31

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 498160