The Mill
THE MILL, CASTLE HILL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1211205
- Date first listed:
- 16-Jan-1951
- List Entry Name:
- The Mill
- Statutory Address:
- THE MILL, CASTLE HILL
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1211205
- Date first listed:
- 16-Jan-1951
- List Entry Name:
- The Mill
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE MILL, CASTLE HILL
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- THE MILL, CASTLE HILL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Staffordshire
- District:
- Stafford (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ 91817 23257
Details
STAFFORD
SJ9123 CASTLE HILL 590-1/5/6 (West side) 16/01/51 The Mill
II
Tower windmill. 1796 using materials from demolished late C16 Shire Hall. Dressed stone. Conical tower, covered in scaffolding at time of inspection. Blocked entrance recorded as having Royal arms from Shire Hall above (not found); iron roundel above has lettering: 1796/ MI. Windows, some blocked, have wedge lintels with keys. Cap missing. INTERIOR retains heavily moulded floor beams of substantial scantling to each floor, possibly incorporated from demolition of Elizabethan Shire Hall in 1793. Some heavy timbers and trusses to conical roof remain. The mill was steam powered by 1847 and ceased working in early 1880s and was derelict by the late 1930s. Although derelict, the mill is an important landmark in Stafford The site is believed to be that of the Norman Royal castle of c1070, and the mill is sometimes claimed as standing on the foundations of the castle keep. (Victoria County History of Staffordshire: Greenslade MW: A History of Stafford, taken from VCH: London: 1979-: 200, 212-3).
Listing NGR: SJ9181723257
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 383943
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Page, W, The Victoria History of the County of Stafford, (1979), 200, 212-3
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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