Chesterton Windmill with man posing outside. c.1930s
Unique stone tower built for Sir Edward Peyto, ('EP 1632' on cap).Major restorations 1776 and 1860. Ceased work 1910. Sails repaired and altered 1930 and later.. Restored 1965-71 by Warwick County Council, Department for the Environment and the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings and others under the direction of D. Ogden.
36ft (c.11m) high, 22ft 9ins (c.7m)diameter, two storey tower of cylindrical body (with windows) set on six semicrcular arches on piers, aluminum covered dome cap, 4 common sails and complete with all machinery and 2 pairs stones.
IMAGE LOCATION: (Warwickshire County Record Office)
Reference: PH, 450, img: 784
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Comments
The photograph is of William Haynes from Harbury. He was the last miller of Chesterton windmill. The windmill stands upon a mound which denotes that a Post windmill was previously on this site. There is a similar mound at Berkswell windmill,
Derek Ogden
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