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Post Mill

A Grade II* Listed Building in Great Gransden, Cambridgeshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.1832 / 52°10'59"N

Longitude: -0.1333 / 0°8'0"W

OS Eastings: 527717

OS Northings: 255522

OS Grid: TL277555

Mapcode National: GBR J4P.33V

Mapcode Global: VHGMP.MDV7

Plus Code: 9C4X5VM8+7M

Entry Name: Post Mill

Listing Date: 18 November 1983

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1211279

English Heritage Legacy ID: 395788

ID on this website: 101211279

Location: Little Gransden, Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, SG19

County: Cambridgeshire

District: Huntingdonshire

Civil Parish: Great Gransden

Built-Up Area: Little Gransden

Traditional County: Huntingdonshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cambridgeshire

Church of England Parish: Great Gransden St Bartholomew

Church of England Diocese: Ely

Tagged with: Windmill

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Description


In the entry for GREAT GRANSDEN MILL ROAD
Post Mill

The following item number shall be added

15/70

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TL 2755 GREAT GRANSDEN MILL ROAD

- Post Mill

- II*

Post and open trestle mill built c.1612 (deed), the oldest
remaining mill in England. Body of two storeys covered with
tarred weatherboards. Two pairs of over-driven Burr stones on
second floor. Sack hoist driven from wooden pulley on the
windshaft behind the tail wheel. Flour dressing machine on
first floor with inscription 'IL 1774 RW'. The mill is
undergoing restoration 1982.
Huntingdonshire Windmills. C.F. Tebbutt. 1942.
Photographic record taken by Cambrdigeshire County Council's
Architects Department. 1974.
Measured Drawings by G. Black, Architect. 1979.
Windmills in Huntingdon and Peterborough. A.C. Smith. 1977.


Listing NGR: TL2771755522

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