1865
Tower mill built
The tower mill is said to have been built in 1865 by Cross and Carne of Bedfordshire.
Site overview
Tower Mill at Guilden Morden is a Grade II listed former tower mill on Potton Road, close to the Hooks Mill complex. The listed description records it as a mid nineteenth-century tower mill of tarred brick, with four tapering stages. It has a ground-floor halved boarded door, a loft door above and windows at each stage.
The mill originally had an ogee cap, but its internal machinery had been removed by the time of listing. The building is said to have been built in 1865 by Cross and Carne of Bedfordshire. Windmill World identifies the site as Hooks Mill, Guilden Morden, a tower corn mill.
Capturing Cambridge also records the tower mill as part of the wider Hooks Mill history. The surviving structure is a capless former windmill tower within a historic mill group.
Map
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History
The tower windmill at Guilden Morden stands on Potton Road near Hooks Mill. The official listed name is Tower Mill, while Windmill World identifies the windmill site as Hooks Mill, Guilden Morden. Capturing Cambridge records the tower mill in the context of the wider Hooks Mill complex, which also includes the water mill, mill house, engine house and associated structures.
The tower mill is separately listed from the water mill and engine house. Its listed description dates it to the mid nineteenth century and describes it as a tarred-brick tower with four tapering stages. The ground floor has a halved boarded door, with a loft door above and windows at each stage.
The mill originally had an ogee cap. By the time of listing, the interior machinery had recently been removed. The tower mill is said to have been built in 1865 by Cross and Carne of Bedfordshire.
The accessible sources do not provide a detailed final working date for the wind-powered tower mill, nor do they identify its original sails, windshaft or stone arrangement. The building was listed at Grade II on 18 July 1986. It survives as a capless tower-mill structure within the rural setting of the Hooks Mill group.
Timeline
1986
Grade II listing
Tower Mill at Guilden Morden was listed at Grade II.
1986
Machinery removed by listing
The listed description records that the interior machinery had recently been removed.
Sources and records
British Listed Buildings entry for Tower Mill, Guilden Morden
Capturing Cambridge article on Hook's Mill, Potton Road, Guilden Morden
Windmill World entry for Hooks Mill, Guilden Morden
Mills Archive database entry for Hooks Mill, Guilden Morden
South Cambridgeshire planning report for Hooks Mill
Capturing Cambridge article on Hook's Mill, Potton Road, Guilden Morden
Windmill World entry for Hooks Mill, Guilden Morden
Mills Archive database entry for Hooks Mill, Guilden Morden
South Cambridgeshire planning report for Hooks Mill