Tachbrook Road Windmill & Windmill Inn as photographed in about 1905.
Warwickshire County Record Office reference PH 352/111/119
Windmill Inn as photographed in 2015, now no windmill.
Ron Thorpe
Built around 1777, this was a four storey brick tower mill with four common sails and two pairs of stones. In about 1886, it was fitted with new gearing, sails, steam drive shaft and an engine house. Work ceased around 1888 and the sails were sold in 1894, when new sails, a dome cap and a tailpole were put on. The sails were removed in 1943 and the derelict tower was demolished in 1968. The site is now part of the car park of the Windmill Inn.
Also see Windows on Warwickshire.
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A windmill appears on the Sheldon Tapestry in Warwick museum so I would imagine there had been a Whitnash windmill on site for a very long time. Up until the mid 1990s the remains of it were in the pub car park but have now gone.
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