Description

CREETING ST. MARY ST. MARY'S ROAD
TM 05 NE 4/69
Buck of former post mill at Alder Carr Farm
(formerly listed as dovecote at Houghton Park Farmhouse)
9-12-55

II

The body or buck of a post mill, now disused. Early C19, originally built some ½ mile to the north. Moved here before 1880 after which it was used as a dovecote. Timber framed and weatherboarded; as a dovecote it had a hipped roof with gablets, now gone. Plastered internally with the nesting boxes still in place, the original floors removed. Post mill bucks were occasionally taken down and re-used in this manner; this is believed to be the last such example in the country. It is of considerable interest because it was moved in one piece and the original frame survives intact.

Listing NGR: TM0911355294

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Creeting St Mary Windmill at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q5183960

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)