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Corn milling function recorded
The Frampton Cotterell tower mill is recorded as a corn mill.
Site overview
Frampton Cotterell Mill is a former tower corn mill at Upper Stone Close, Frampton Cotterell. The listed tower dates from the late eighteenth or early nineteenth century and is built of rubble brought to courses. It is a circular tapering four-storey tower with segmental-headed openings, four ground-floor doors, several blocked openings, and a truncated third floor.
Local heritage material records the windmill as built around 1825, converted to steam power in the mid nineteenth century, and used until the 1920s. Specialist mill records identify it as a corn mill and describe the present survival as a tower without a cap. The tower was listed at Grade II on 25 September 1985.
Map
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History
Frampton Cotterell Mill stands in the garden of number 3 Upper Stone Close. It is a former tower corn mill and one of the best-preserved windmill tower remains in the former Avon area. The listed tower dates from the late eighteenth or early nineteenth century.
The tower is circular and tapering, built of rubble brought to courses. It has segmental-headed openings, four doors at ground-floor level, three of which are blocked, long and short first-floor openings, smaller second-floor openings, and two openings in the truncated third floor. The cap and sails have gone.
Local heritage material records the mill as built around 1825. It was converted to steam power in the mid nineteenth century and remained in use until the 1920s. The site was also described on early Ordnance Survey mapping as Brockeridge Mill, with the tower remains standing beside a cottage. Specialist mill records identify the site as Frampton Cotterell tower mill and record its function as corn milling. The windmill was listed at Grade II on 25 September 1985 under the official name Windmill in Garden of Number 3.
Timeline
1775–1830
Tower mill constructed
Frampton Cotterell Mill was built in the late eighteenth or early nineteenth century, with local heritage material placing construction around 1825.
1850–1870
Steam power added
The mill was converted to steam power in the mid nineteenth century.
1920–1929
Working use ended
The windmill remained in use until the 1920s.
1985
Grade II listing
The windmill in the garden of number 3 Upper Stone Close was listed at Grade II.
2007
Listed tower photographed
The Frampton Cotterell windmill tower was photographed for the Images of England project.
Sources and records
Historic England listed building entry
Historic England educational image
Windmill World site entry
Mills Archive site record
South Gloucestershire heritage walks guide
Gloucestershire Historical Studies article
Historic England educational image
Windmill World site entry
Mills Archive site record
South Gloucestershire heritage walks guide
Gloucestershire Historical Studies article