Clerkenwell windmill, London 🌍


Clerkenwell #2618

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NGR: TQ312827
(51.52850,-0.1094)


Map/aerial photo of the area around the mill

tower mill (drainage) - truncated tower, within the former waterworks site

Built to pump water from The New River, but not very successful. Only worked for a few years, then replaced by a horse driven pump, and later by a steam driven one. In its long life as a redundant windmill, it was adapted in many ways so there's very little mill related evidence remaining in the truncated tower.

The site is undergoing conversion to become the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration.

Signboard says:
The Round House
Remains of the windmill used c.1707-1720 to pump water from the Round Pond to the Upper Pond (now Claremont Square reservoir)
Clerkenwell, 17th Sept 2006

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The remains of a windmill, New River Head [2014-12-17]

Mike Quinn

Amwell St Area, Clerkenwell, London, EC1 [2013-04-02] - HD

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New River Head Remains Of Mill Building In Grounds / The Round House
New River Head Remains Of Mill Building In Grounds, Rosebery Avenue, Islington, Greater London, EC1R 4TN
22 Jun 2001 - Photograph (Digital)
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