Thatched Windmills

Stembridge Mill, High Ham

It's an oft repeated fact that the last surviving thatched windmill in England is Stembridge Mill, High Ham, Somerset.

Whilst this is indeed the last surviving substantially complete thatched windmill in England, there are a number of other remains of windmills which have a thatched roof.

Big Mill, Burwell, Cambridgeshire
Darsham, Suffolk - [photo]
Framlingham, Suffolk
Kelsale, Suffolk - old photo; now re-roofed without thatch
Wenhaston, Suffolk
Orsett, Essex

Ireland

Small Windmill, Skerries

Not far across the water, there is a thatched windmill in the mills complex at Skerries.

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Tacumshane

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Europe

There are many examples of thatched windmills in Europe.

Mecklenburger Mill, Germany
Lonneker Mill, Enschede, The Netherlands
Noordermolen, Noorddijk, Groningen, The Netherlands
Kinderdijk, The Netherlands
Zaanse Schans, The Netherlands

Last updated 10th January 2003