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Former Smock windmill

A Grade II Listed Building in Swaffham Prior, Cambridgeshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.2532 / 52°15'11"N

Longitude: 0.3039 / 0°18'14"E

OS Eastings: 557360

OS Northings: 264175

OS Grid: TL573641

Mapcode National: GBR M88.RNG

Mapcode Global: VHHK0.7M0J

Plus Code: 9F427833+7H

Entry Name: Former Smock windmill

Listing Date: 19 August 1959

Last Amended: 15 June 1984

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1331451

English Heritage Legacy ID: 49410

Also known as: Windmill, to Rear of Windmill Cottage

ID on this website: 101331451

Location: Swaffham Prior, East Cambridgeshire, CB25

County: Cambridgeshire

District: East Cambridgeshire

Civil Parish: Swaffham Prior

Built-Up Area: Swaffham Prior

Traditional County: Cambridgeshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cambridgeshire

Church of England Parish: Swaffham Prior St Mary

Church of England Diocese: Ely

Tagged with: Windmill Cottage

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This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 7 March 2023 to amend the name and address and to reformat the text to current standards

TL 5664
13/187

SWAFFHAM PRIOR
MILL HILL (East Side)
The Smock Tower Mill

(Formerly listed as Windmill, to rear of Windmill Cottage, previously listed as Tower Mill)

19. 8.1959

II

Smock windmill, early C19 origins. Timber-framed with vertical weatherboarding. Three stages on a brick ground stage, with capping and sails having been removed. Inside the framing is intact but the machinery removed.

Source: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Cambridgeshire North East, 1972, Page 127.

Listing NGR: TL5736064175

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