Description

In the entry for the following:

TL 67 SW SOHAM WINDMILL CLOSE
(South West Side)

9/46 Downfield Windmill
(formerly listed as
1.12.51 Old Windmill
Downfield under
Fordham Road)

the grade shall be upgraded to grade II*
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TL 67 SW
WINDMILL CLOSE
(South West Side)

9/46 Downfield Windmill
(formerly listed as
1.12.51 Old Windmill
Downfield under
Fordham Road)

II

Tower windmill originally a timber framed smock windmill built
1726 raised in 1860 and much rebuilt following a storm in 1889.
Restored 1975 and now a working mill. Brick, tarred. Four
storeys with capping rebuilt in metal sheeting but in original
ogee shape. Renewed fantail and two sails. Most of the
interior is of the C19, but there is some timber reused from the
1726 mill including part of the main shaft.
Alderton and Booker: Batsford Guide to Industrial Archaeology
of East Anglia.
Downfield Windmill, Soham (published privately).
Pevsner: Buildings of England, p.459.

Listing NGR: TL6080771752

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17543637

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Recommended Books

• 
  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover