Description

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.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Buzza Tower at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q26579957

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Recommended Books

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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)