1700–1799
Tower mill built
A stone tower corn mill was built at Pittern Hill during the eighteenth century.
Site overview
Pittern Hill Mill is a former wind-powered corn mill at Kineton. The surviving structure is an eighteenth-century stone tower with later repairs and a sheet-metal conical roof. The tower is four storeys high, slightly barrel-shaped, and stands near Windmill Farmhouse.
It is protected as a Grade II listed building.
Map
Map markers and directions links are provided for location reference only and do not indicate public access or permission to enter a site.
No site photograph is currently available. Images will be added as field visits are carried out.
History
Pittern Hill Mill was built as a tower corn mill at Kineton in the eighteenth century. The surviving structure is a four-storey round tower of dressed limestone, coursed rubble and later brick repairs. It has a slight entasis, a conical sheet-metal roof and altered openings, including a tall elliptical-headed opening with brick infill.
The mill no longer operates, but the tower survives close to Windmill Farmhouse on Pittern Hill. It was restored in the twentieth century and is protected as a Grade II listed building.
Timeline
1900–1999
Twentieth-century restoration
The former windmill received restoration work in the twentieth century.
1999
Grade II listing
The former windmill was listed at Grade II.
Sources and records
Historic England National Heritage List entry
Mills Archive mill record
Windmill World site entry
Geograph photographic record
National Mills Weekend site entry
Mills Archive mill record
Windmill World site entry
Geograph photographic record
National Mills Weekend site entry