Listed Building record MDO6518 - North Windmill or Cottonfields Mill, about 830 yds south-east of St Georges Reforne, Portland
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Summary
A tower mill for the processing of cereals. Built of rough coursed rubble in the 17th century, probably around 1626. Shown on a Hutchins map of 1710.
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Type and Period (1)
Full Description
Marked as a corn mill on the OS first edition map. <1>
Recorded by NRIM. Photographed. <3>
Disused windmill. Probably C17. Rough coursed rubble, roofless. A plain cylindrical shaft to flush dressed coping, c4m diameter and c 5.5m high. At top are small openings to dressed jambs, former deep opening to west now blocked flush; to N and S plain square undressed openings to former doors. Walls c 650mm thick. Interior has various putlog holes at c 3.2 m from ground level, and various dressed slots internally. One of the only two remaing mills on the island, this one perhaps earlier than the other, which lies c.135m to the SE. Shown on the Hutchins map of 1710. <5>
Easton northern mill, of two mills, proper name Cottonfield's Mill, built 1626. SY 691 714. <6>
Disused tower of corn windmill, roofless. Probably C17. First shown on a map of 1626 by William Simplon, later on a map of 1710 and all maps thereafter. Shown with sails in a late C19 photograph. <7>
Sources/Archives (11)
- <1> SDO10239 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1864, 1886. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one. paper. 1:2500.
- <2> SDO150 Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3.
- <3> SDO17399 Index: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments. National Record of Industrial Monuments (NRIM). DO2.
- <4> SWX2156 Monograph: Brown, R J. 1976. Windmills of England. 18, 26.
- <5> SWX2185 Scheduling record: DOE (HRR). 17 May 1993. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Borough of Weymouth and Portland amendment 1993. Vol 961.
- <6> SWX2184 Monograph: Bryan, T. 1998. Windmill gazetteer for England. 4.
- <7> SDO10291 Monograph: Morris, S. 2006. Portland Then and Now. plate116a.
- <8> SDO15121 Unpublished document: Stanier, P and Cox, P. 2007. Isle of Portland Industrial Archaeology Survey: Phase 1 Assessment Report.
- <9> SDO14738 Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. BF002051.
- <10> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 497583.
- <11> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 868143.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred SY 69086 71397 (5m by 5m) Centred on |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SY67SE |
| Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Protected Status/Designation
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 4 001 012 A
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 67 SE 109
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 67 SE 54
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 497583
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 868143
- National Buildings Record: 2051
Record last edited
Sep 11 2023 12:11PM