Streetly End Mill

Site overview

Streetly End Mill is a brick and fieldstone tower windmill dated 1802. It stands at Mill House in Streetly End, within West Wickham parish. The five-storey tower survives without its cap and sails, and the machinery has been removed.

The mill remained a local landmark after working ceased, with the tower retaining its form beside the village gateway into Streetly End.

Map

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History

Streetly End Mill was built in 1802 at Mill House in Streetly End, West Wickham. The tower was constructed of red brick and fieldstones and later rendered. It was a five-storey tower windmill, built to give the mill sufficient height to catch the wind from its lower-ground position.

During its working life it served local milling needs. The sails were later lost, and the mill ceased working. The cap and sails have gone, and the machinery has been removed, but the tower survives with original window openings to each storey.

The surviving structure is Grade II listed and remains a strong landmark within and around Streetly End.

Timeline

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Sails lost and working ended

The mill ceased working after the loss of its sails.

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Capless tower survived

The tower survived without its cap, sails or machinery.

1802

Tower mill built

Streetly End Mill was built as a brick and fieldstone tower windmill.

1885–1895

Mill photographed with sails

The mill still retained its sails in the late nineteenth century.

Sources and records

Historic England National Heritage List entry
Capturing Cambridge local history entry
West Wickham character assessment
Windmill World Cambridgeshire mill entry
Mills Archive mill record
List of windmills in Cambridgeshire