Blackthorn windmill, Oxfordshire 🌍

Blackthorn #1654

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NGR: SP612204
(51.87936,-1.1125)
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Tower mill function:Corn mill - house converted

The East Windmill, a tower mill, has retained its full height. Although at one time roofed, the tower lost its copper roof in 1942 for the war effort, and thus remained roofless until 1998. It then underwent conversion into a house by the then owner Mark Smith, which was completed in 1999.

The mill tower was unusual (though not unique) in that it was tile hung. A small strip of tiles has been retained in the current conversion.

Blackthorn front, 1999 © Mark Smith
Blackthorn rear, 1999 © Mark Smith
Blackthorn inside, 1999 © Mark Smith

Entry in Mills Archive database - #1654 - East Mill, Blackthorn (has photos)

The remains of this former tower mill stand to curb level. It had endless chain weathering and was tile-hung.

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Blackthorn East Mill [2014-08-09]

Chris Allen

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Listed Building, Grade II: BLACKTHORN HILL WINDMILL (listed 1987-12-09)

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Exterior view of Blackthorn Hill Windmill
Blackthorn Hill Windmill, Blackthorn, Blackthorn Hill, Cherwell, Oxfordshire
3 Sep 1932 - Photograph (Negative)
Blackthorn Hill Windmill
A41, Blackthorn, Cherwell, Oxfordshire, OX6 0TJ
21 Mar 2003 - Photograph (Digital)
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