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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
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A mill has been recorded on the site since 1289.
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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.
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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
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For an explanation of the various items of machinery, see
Mill machinery
.
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.
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