1892–1893
Corn mill mapped
The tower windmill was marked as Wentworth Mill and identified as a corn mill.
Site overview
Wentworth Mill is a former tower windmill on Mill Lane at Barrow, within the Wentworth estate area. It was marked as a corn mill on late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Ordnance Survey mapping and later marked as disused. The former mill survives as The Roundhouse on Mill Lane and is one of two former windmills associated with the Wentworth estate.
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
Wentworth Mill stood on Mill Lane at Barrow within the Wentworth estate area. The former tower windmill was associated with corn milling and was shown as Wentworth Mill on late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century mapping. By the early twentieth century it had ceased working and was later marked as disused.
The surviving former mill structure is known as The Roundhouse. It remains one of two former windmills associated with the Wentworth estate, the other being the former windmill on Clayfield Lane. Further construction, machinery, and closure details have not been established.
Timeline
1930–1931
Mill disused
Wentworth Mill had ceased working and was marked as disused.
2009
Roundhouse survival
The former windmill survived as The Roundhouse on Mill Lane.
Sources and records
Windmill World entry: Wentworth windmill
Geograph photograph: The Roundhouse on Mill Lane, Barrow
Wikimedia Commons file description: The Roundhouse on Mill Lane, Barrow
Wentworth Village history
Geograph photograph: The Roundhouse on Mill Lane, Barrow
Wikimedia Commons file description: The Roundhouse on Mill Lane, Barrow
Wentworth Village history