Bourn Mill is a Grade I listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 August 1962. A C17 Mill.
Bourn Mill
- WRENN ID
- small-chalk-scarlet
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 August 1962
- Type
- Mill
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
TL 35 NW 7/20 31.8.62
BOURN CAXTON ROAD (North Side) Bourn Mill
I
Post Mill. Early C17, restorations 1874, 1933, 61, 84. Timber-framed and weatherboarded with gabled roof, some material reused. Brick piers with two cross trees and quarter bars C19. Marine plyboard casing and weatherboarding added in 1984 by C. Wallis, millwright. (Four sails and mill ladder removed for repair). Interior, gearing complete with one pair of stones and wooden brake. Sack hoist driven by chain from a pulley on the windshaft. The mill is mentioned as standing in 1636 deed. It was purchased by The Cambridgeshire Preservation Society in 1932. One stud is inscribed E. Bismur 1758. Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Drawings of Bourn Mill by Rex Wailes 1961 Drawings of Bourn Mill by Graham Black 1983, R H Partnership Archs. Vince, J. Discovering Windmills p5, 1977 V.C.H. Vol. V, p12 R.C.H.M. West Cambs. pp25, 26 Mon.22 Plate 57. Pevsner. Buildings of England p308
Listing NGR: TL3118758004
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