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

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.
Patcham Mill, overlooking the South Downs National Park at Brighton West Sussex. Built in 1885 by Shoreham millwright James Holloway.
The historic Cockfield Mill near Bury St Edmunds was lying derelict for years before a facelift into a holiday home by Beech Architects.
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.
Windmill Houses on Santorini, Greece.
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

Shipley Mill Sussex. The fictional home of TV crime solving magician Jonathan Creek
Cobstone Windmill at Ibstone, Bucks - the home of inventor Caractacus Potts in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Windy Miller's House from Camberwick Green
The Mill at Upminster by Lilian Hawthorn (nee Leahy) of the The 'East London Group' ELG
Cluddeley Mill, Wrockwardine, Shropshire by Harold Steggles of the The 'East London Group'
‘Rayleigh Mount’ by Walter Steggles of the The 'East London Group' 1936