Description

BRIXHAM

SX8956 HIGHER WARBOROUGH ROAD, Galmpton 1946-1/4/68 (East side) 10/01/75 Former windmill in garden of No.13 (No.13 not included) (Formerly Listed as: HIGHER WARBOROUGH ROAD, Galmpton Old Windmill in Garden of No.13)

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Former windmill. Probably c1810. Devonian limestone rubble with red-brick window arches. Consists of a round tapered tower, 4 storeys high (to judge from the doorways and windows). Around the base is a low concentric wall approximately the height of the ground storey. This wall is pierced by a doorway in the south side; opposite is a doorway into the ground storey of the tower. Second storey has opposing doorways on each of the east and west sides; lintel to the former has collapsed. Segmental-headed window in each storey on the north and south sides. Roofless. The tower is clearly visible across the common from the A3022. (Minchinton W: Windmills of Devon: Exeter: 1977-: 22-3, 55).

Listing NGR: SX8888656715

External Links

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