Colney Heath Mill

Colney Heath Windmill
Colney Heath Windmill
Origin
Mill name	Colney Heath Mill
Mill location	TL 205 055
Coordinates	51°44′8.53″N 0°15′20.38″W / 51.7357028°N 0.2556611°W
Operator(s)	Private
Year built	c. 1854
Information
Purpose	Corn mill
Type	Tower mill
Storeys	Four storeys
No. of sails	Four sails
Auxiliary power	Steam engine
No. of pairs of millstones	Three pairs

Colney Heath Mill is a Grade II listed^[1] smock mill at Colney Heath, Hertfordshire, England, which has been converted to residential accommodation.

History

Colney Heath Mill was built in the 1850s. It was working until 1906, latterly by steam engine.^[2] The mill was converted to residential accommodation between 1999 and 2004^[1]

Description

Colney Heath Mill is a four-storey tower mill It has a domed cap. There were four sails which drove three pairs of millstones.^[2]

Millers

Edward Whitehead 1854–62
Samuel Fairey 1862–75
James Fairey 1867–75
Henry James 1875–1900
William James 1900–06

Reference for above:-^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Historic England. "Mill at Mill House, Coursers Road (west side), Colney Heath, St. Albans, Hertfordshire (1296524)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 June 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c Moore, Cyril (1999). Hertfordshire Windmills and Windmillers. Sawbridgeworth: Windsup Publishing. pp. 63–64. ISBN 0-9533861-0-4.

External links

Windmill World webpage on Colney Heath Mill.

[EH-1] Historic England. "Mill at Mill House, Coursers Road (west side), Colney Heath, St. Albans, Hertfordshire (1296524)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 June 2009.

[Herts-2] Moore, Cyril (1999). Hertfordshire Windmills and Windmillers. Sawbridgeworth: Windsup Publishing. pp. 63–64. ISBN 0-9533861-0-4.

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