Buzza Tower

1358/8/40 BUZZA HILL 14-DEC-1992 HUGH TOWN BUZZA TOWER

II A windmill of 1821, restored in 1911.

The squared and coursed granite windmill tower has a slate roof. The tower is circular on plan, stands three storeys high and has a ground-floor veranda with pent roof supported on alternate iron posts and granite pillars, creating a series of covered seating areas. There are unmoulded openings to the first and second floors with a coped parapet, supported on a blocking course.

History: The windmill was constructed in 1821 on the site of a Bronze Age kerbed cairn previously excavated by William Borlase in 1752. It was restored and extended in 1911 in commemoration of a visit by King Edward VII.

Sources: Goodwin, J. Granite towers on St, Mary's, Isles of Scilly, Cornish Archaeology, No.32, 1993, 128-139. Woodley, Rev. G. A View of the Present State of the Scilly Islands, 1822,180

Cornwall and Scilly HER records: (http://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single_Print.aspx?uid=MCO30230&resourceID=1020): 7418, BUZZA TOWER - Post Medieval windmill [Accessed on 26/11/10]

REASONS FOR DESIGNATION DECISION Buzza Tower, Buzza Hill, St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly, a former windmill of 1821, is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons:

• Architectural: An interesting example of a pre-1840 windmill, later monumentalised. * Historical: A distinctive, commemorative monument marking the visit of King Edward VII. * Related assets: The tower stands on an unscheduled kerbed cairn, and beside a scheduled cairn with funerary chamber.