Windpump At Brickyard Farm

The windpump at Brickyard Farm is a pumping mill that dates back to 1873, originally serving a former brick yard. It is constructed of brick in header bond, featuring a timber cap, sails, and fittings, along with cast-iron components. The tower tapers to a height of approximately 6 meters. There is a low round-arched doorway on the west side, and openings around 2.6 meters high for the timbers of the staging, some of which still protrude. Remnants of one pair of sails and a tail are mounted on a cast-iron ring bolted into the timber frame at the top of the brick tower. Inside, a central vertical pump rod and parts of the timber structure are still present. The timbers at the top of the tower are inscribed with 'F.L. + M.N. 73', indicating the year 1873 based on documentary evidence. This pump was used to drain the adjacent clay pipe and discharge water into a ditch several hundred yards away.