Langstone Windmill
{{Short description|Windmill in Langstone, Hampshire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
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|image = Langstone Windmill 1869.jpg
|image_size = 250px
|caption = The mill in 1869
|name_of_mill = Langstone Mill
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|operator = Private
|built =
|purpose = Corn mill
|type = Tower mill
|storeys = Four storeys
|sail_number = Four sails
|sail_type = Common sails
|windshaft = Wood
|winding = Hand winded
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Langstone Windmill is a Grade II listed{{NHLE| num=1340200 | desc= Langstone Windmill, 22 Langstone High Street, Havant | access-date= 7 June 2009}} tower mill at Langstone, Hampshire in England. It has been converted to residential accommodation.
History
Langstone Mill was built around 1730.{{cite web|url=http://pastscape.english-heritage.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=892118 |title=Monument No. 892118 |publisher=English Heritage |access-date=7 June 2009}} It worked in conjunction with a tide mill close by. The mill was derelict in 1934.{{cite book | editor-first = Monica| editor-last = Ellis| year = 1978| title = Water and Wind Mills in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight| pages = 60| publisher = Southampton University Industrial Archaeology Group| location = Southampton| isbn = 0-905280-01-6}} By 1939 it had been converted to residential accommodation, with the tower tarred and a new cap constructed.{{cite web|url=http://viewfinder.english-heritage.org.uk/search/detail.aspx?uid=16630 |title=Langstone windmill and tide mill, Havant, Hampshire |publisher=English Heritage |access-date=7 June 2009}} The conversion was to a design by Ernst L. Freud with the first resident being Flora Twort.{{cite book |last1=O’Brien |first1=Charles|last2=Bailey |first2=Bruce|last3=Pevsner |first3=Nikolaus |last4=Lloyd |first4=David W. |date=2018 |title=The Buildings of England Hampshire: South |publisher=Yale University Press |page=359|isbn=9780300225037}}
Description
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File:The Old Mill, Langstone - 53537080425.jpg
Langstone Mill is a four-storey tower mill which shows evidence of having been raised by a storey at some point. It had a hand winded domed cap and the four common sails were carried on a wooden windshaft.Once a Week issue dated 16 January 1869
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Langstone Mill}}
- [http://www.windmillworld.com/millid/8754.htm Windmill World] webpage on Langstone Mill.
{{Windmills in England}}
Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1730
Category:Windmills completed in the 18th century
Category:Windmills in Hampshire
Category:Tower mills in the United Kingdom
Category:Grinding mills in the United Kingdom