2018

TQ3245 : Outwood Windmill in Surrey

taken 6 years ago, near to Outwood, Surrey, England

Outwood Windmill in Surrey
Outwood Windmill in Surrey
Outwood Windmill is a Post Mill in Outwood in Surrey.
Post Mills

There are three main types of windmills found within Great Britain. Post mills, smock mills and tower mills.

The post mill is of a timber framed construction with weather-boarded sloping external walls. It was manually positioned by hand to face the wind, unlike the smock and tower mills which had pivoting top with a tail fan.

Windmill article Link

Outwood Windmill

Built in 1665 by Thomas Budgen, the Grade I listed post mill is Britains oldest working windmill.


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TQ3245, 70 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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John P Reeves   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 25 May, 2018   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 24 January, 2019
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 3277 4554 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:11.6199N 0:6.0787W
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OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 3275 4550
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North-northeast (about 22 degrees)
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