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Tower corn mill recorded
The site is recorded as a tower mill used for corn milling at Wootton.
Site overview
Wootton Windmill stands at Stratford Drive, Wootton, on the southern side of Northampton. It is recorded as a tower corn mill, later truncated and converted to a house. The surviving structure is protected as a Grade II listed building under the name Remains of Windmill.
Historic photographic records from the early twentieth century show the disused windmill, while later records identify the converted remains at Stratford Drive. The accessible evidence confirms the former corn-milling function, tower-mill type, later truncation, domestic conversion and listed status, but gives little secure detail on its construction date, machinery, named millers or final working date. The site is therefore best recorded as a surviving altered former tower mill rather than a working or restored milling structure.
Map
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No site photograph is currently available. Images will be added as field visits are carried out.
History
Wootton Windmill stood at Wootton, now within the southern edge of Northampton. It is recorded as a tower mill used for corn milling. The tower later lost its full working form and is described in modern windmill records as truncated and converted to domestic use.
Historic photographs taken between about 1910 and 1935 show a disused windmill, probably at Wootton or Hardingstone, and later photographic records show the remains of the windmill at Stratford Drive, Wootton. The building is protected as Grade II under the listed name Remains of Windmill. The accessible record does not provide a detailed machinery inventory, sail arrangement, stone arrangement, named millwright, miller sequence or final working date.
The secure account is therefore centred on the former tower corn mill, its survival as truncated remains, its later conversion as part of a dwelling, and its recognised listed status.
Timeline
1910–1935
Disused windmill photographed
A historic photograph recorded a disused windmill probably at Wootton or Hardingstone.
1976
Grade II listing assigned
The remains of the windmill were designated as a Grade II listed building.
2004
Converted remains photographed
The remains of the former windmill were photographed at Stratford Drive, Wootton.
Sources and records
Windmill World entry: Wootton windmill
Historic England list entry: Remains of Windmill, Wootton
Mills Archive entry: Tower mill, Wootton
Historic England image records: Wootton windmill
Historic England list entry: Remains of Windmill, Wootton
Mills Archive entry: Tower mill, Wootton
Historic England image records: Wootton windmill