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Swinton Windmill, The Green, Swinton Village
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General Details and Location
Category
AT RISK
Name of Building
Swinton Windmill
Other Name(s)
Address
The Green, Swinton Village
Locality
Postcode
Planning Authority
Divisional Area
Reference No
3001
Listing Category
Unlisted
OS Grid Ref
NT 83395 47440
Location Type
Rural
HS Reference No
Description
Circular remains of a windmill, built in roughly sqaured red sandstone blocks and measuring 6.5m in diameter. The windmill now rises to a height of 4m but would originally have been much taller. The adjoining building was probably once the dispatching room or kiln. The ruined remains of a late eighteenth-century windmill survive to the north-west of the Green in Swinton. An insurance document dating from 1800 states that this was a corn mill, associated with a nearby farmsteading. (RCAHMS)
Building Dates
Late 18th century
Architects
Unknown
Category of Risk and Development History
Condition
Ruinous
Category of Risk
High
Exemptions to State of Risk
Field Visits
08/09/2011, 19/05/2009
Development History
January 1998: Historic Scotland brings the building to the attention of the Buildings at Risk Service. Previously C-listed, the building has been de-listed. The windmill and adjoining building remain ruinous.
May 2009: External inspection reveals that the small rubble building to the north east side of the windmill stub has been demolished.
September 2011: External inspection finds no significant change from the previous site visit.
Guides to Development
Conservation Area
Swinton
Planning Authority Contact
PAC Telephone Number
Availability
Current Availability
Unknown
Appointed Agents
Price
Occupancy
Vacant
Occupancy Type
N/A
Present/Former Uses
Building Uses Information:
Present Use 1: N/A Former Use 1: Mill
Present Use 2: N/A Former Use 2: N/A
Present Use 1: N/A Former Use 1: Mill
Present Use 2: N/A Former Use 2: N/A
Name of Owners
Unknown
Type of Ownership
Unknown
Information Services
Additional Contacts/Information Source
Bibliography
Online Resources
Classification
Farming
Original Entry Date
23-JAN-98
Date of Last Edit
29/11/2011
