Windmills

Often used as the archetype of the idyllic rural home' the 'Windmill Home' (Chimni Typology 8.1.3) has to be one of the least common of the home types in the Chimni Home Typology.

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Notable Windmill Homes

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  The smock built King’s Mill at Shipley, West Sussex

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  The Black Windmill, Whitstable, Kent. The Grade II-listed black weatherboarded smock mill was built in 1814, with the rest of the house added around 100 years later.

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  The Black Mill Sleaford Road, Brant Broughton, Lincoln

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  Patcham Mill, overlooking the South Downs National Park at Brighton West Sussex. Built in 1885 by Shoreham millwright James Holloway.

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  The historic Cockfield Mill near Bury St Edmunds was lying derelict for years before a facelift into a holiday home by Beech Architects.

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  Cley Windmill at Blakeney, Norfolk - childhood home of singer James Blunt.

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  The ‘Jack’ and ‘Jill’ twin windmills at Clayton, in the South Downs in Sussex.

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  Groes Onnen Windmill, Holywell, Wales. Built in the late 18th century the Grade II listed building is a rare example of a full-height windmill.

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  Kibworth Harcourt Post Mill in Leicestershire

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  The Round House, Framlingham, Suffolk was the Town windmill before losing its top.

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  Windmill Houses on Santorini, Greece.

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  A converted 'finca' or farmhouse in Ses Alqueries, Mallorca, Spain with windmill.

Dutch Windmill Flats Concept http://inhabitat.com/the-dutch-windwheel-is-not-only-an-incredible-circular-apartment-building-its-also-a-silent-wind-turbine/

Windmills In Movies, TV & The Arts

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  King’s Mill, Shipley, Sussex. The fictional home of TV crime solving magician’s assistant Jonathan Creek.

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  Cobstone Windmill at Ibstone, Bucks - the home of inventor Caractacus Potts in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

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  The Black Windmill. A spy drama starring Michael Caine set at the ‘Jack’ Windmill in Clayton, Sussex.

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  Windy Miller's House from Camberwick Green

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  The Mill at Upminster by Lilian Hawthorn (nee Leahy) of the The 'East London Group' ELG

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  Cluddeley Mill, Wrockwardine, Shropshire by Harold Steggles of the The 'East London Group'

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  ‘Rayleigh Mount’ by Walter Steggles of the The 'East London Group' 1936

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  'A Sussex Windmill', Eric Slater, colour woodblock, 1930s.

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  'The Windmill, Sheringham', Claughton Pellew, 1925.

Notable Barn Conversion Homes

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobstone_Windmill

http://www.windmillworld.com/mills/stars.htm

See Also In Chimni

ChimniWiki Agricultural Conversions

ChimniWiki Chimni Home Typology

Other Interesting Web Sites

http://www.windmillworld.com/news/item714.htm Windmills of Anglesey

References

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