Downfield Windmill is a Grade II* listed building in the East Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 December 1951. Windmill. 1 related planning application.

Downfield Windmill

WRENN ID
secret-tallow-summer
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
East Cambridgeshire
Country
England
Date first listed
1 December 1951
Type
Windmill
Source
Historic England listing

Description

In the entry for the following:

TL 67 SW SOHAM WINDMILL CLOSE (South West Side)

9/46 Downfield Windmill (formerly listed as 1.12.51 Old Windmill Downfield under Fordham Road)

the grade shall be upgraded to grade II*

TL 67 SW WINDMILL CLOSE (South West Side)

9/46 Downfield Windmill (formerly listed as 1.12.51 Old Windmill Downfield under Fordham Road)

II

Tower windmill originally a timber framed smock windmill built 1726 raised in 1860 and much rebuilt following a storm in 1889. Restored 1975 and now a working mill. Brick, tarred. Four storeys with capping rebuilt in metal sheeting but in original ogee shape. Renewed fantail and two sails. Most of the interior is of the C19, but there is some timber reused from the 1726 mill including part of the main shaft. Alderton and Booker: Batsford Guide to Industrial Archaeology of East Anglia. Downfield Windmill, Soham (published privately). Pevsner: Buildings of England, p.459.

Listing NGR: TL6080771752

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