1700–1730
Tower windmill built
The Threapwood windmill dates from the early eighteenth century.
Site overview
The Old Windmill on Mill Lane, Threapwood, is a Grade II listed derelict tower windmill. The brick tower dates from the early eighteenth century and is described as a bottle-shaped, tapering structure of three storeys. Its roof and superstructure are missing, but the surviving fabric includes arched window and door openings, part of the sail platform, and wheel mechanism in situ.
The upper part has fallen in, with timbers and mechanism lying within the tower. County windmill lists identify the site as Bevan's Mill. The surviving ruin preserves a rare early Cheshire tower mill with visible remnants of its former working structure.
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
The Old Windmill stands on Mill Lane at Threapwood, east of Mill House. It is an early eighteenth-century brick tower windmill, protected as a Grade II listed building. Windmill lists identify the site as Bevan's Mill, while the statutory listing records it as Windmill 130 yards east of Mill House, formerly listed as Old Windmill.
The tower is bottle-shaped and tapering, rising through three storeys. The roof and upper superstructure have gone, leaving the structure as a derelict shell. Despite that loss, the remains preserve important working features: arched window and door openings, part of the sail platform, and wheel mechanism in situ. The upper part of the tower has fallen in, with timbers and mechanism lying within the interior.
The windmill was listed in 1967. Later Historic England photography recorded the ruin at the end of the twentieth century. The Old Windmill at Threapwood now survives as a roofless brick tower ruin, but its retained sail-platform and wheel-mechanism remains make it more informative than a simple masonry stump.
Timeline
1967
Grade II listing
The Old Windmill on Mill Lane was listed at Grade II.
1999
Ruined tower photographed
The derelict tower was photographed as part of the Images of England record.
Sources and records
Historic England listed building entry
Windmill World site entry
Historic England Archive image record
List of windmills in the United Kingdom
British Listed Buildings entry
Windmill World site entry
Historic England Archive image record
List of windmills in the United Kingdom
British Listed Buildings entry