Chesterton Windmill

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Date:1930 - 1939 (c.)

Description:Chesterton Windmill with man posing outside. c.1930s

Unique stone tower built for Sir Edward Peyto, ('EP 1632' on cap).Major restorations 1776 and 1860. Ceased work 1910. Sails repaired and altered 1930 and later.. Restored 1965-71 by Warwick County Council, Department for the Environment and the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings and others under the direction of D. Ogden.

36ft (c.11m) high, 22ft 9ins (c.7m)diameter, two storey tower of cylindrical body (with windows) set on six semicrcular arches on piers, aluminum covered dome cap, 4 common sails and complete with all machinery and 2 pairs stones.

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Donor ref:PH, 450, img: 784 (3/758)

Source: Heritage and Culture Warwickshire, Warwickshire County Council

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