Darrington Windmill
DARRINGTON WINDMILL, MOOR LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1212102
- Date first listed:
- 13-Oct-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Darrington Windmill
- Statutory Address:
- DARRINGTON WINDMILL, MOOR LANE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1212102
- Date first listed:
- 13-Oct-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Darrington Windmill
- Statutory Address 1:
- DARRINGTON WINDMILL, MOOR LANE
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:
- DARRINGTON WINDMILL, MOOR LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Wakefield (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Darrington
- National Grid Reference:
- SE 47393 19876
Details
DARRINGTON MOOR LANE SE41NE (east side, off) 7/22 - Darrington Windmill - II Tower windmill, now store. Probably late C18 or very early C19; altered. Handmade brick enclosing timber frame. Conical basement and 4 stages. In the north east segment, a wide segmental arched wagon entrance to the basement, on the north side a plain doorway to the 1st stage, and above this square segmental-headed windows to each stage variously offset (all blocked); east side has a similar blocked window to 1st stage; west side has windows to each stage, all blocked or reduced; south side has a doorway to the Ist stage altered as a window, and blocked, and 2 blocked windows above. Superstructure missing. Interior; timber frame of central pillars carrying massive moulded saddle beams which support the floors of the 1st and 2nd stages apparently independent of the brick shell; 2nd stage retains original vertical drive shaft, large iron cogwheels, and 3 sets of grindstones.
Listing NGR: SE4739319876
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 342484
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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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