- Ashton Windmill
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name=Ashton windmill
location_town=Chapel Allerton, Somerset
location_country=England
map_type=Somerset
latitude= 51.250550
longitude= -2.853910
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style=Tower mill
size=Ashton windmill is a
Tower mill in Chapel Allerton,Somerset ,England .The first mill on the site was medieval, but the present structure probably dates from the 18th century. It was modernised in 1900 with machinery brought from the demolished
Moorlinch mill, and iron hoops around the building being added.cite book |title=Windmills of Somerset and the men who worked them |last=Coulthard |first=Alfred J. |authorlink= |coauthors=Martin Watts |year=1978 |publisher=Research Publishing Co|location=London |isbn=0705000605 |pages=42-44 ] It was restored in 1967. The mill has been designated byEnglish Heritage as a grade II*listed building . [cite web |url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=268760 |title=Ashton windmill |accessdate=2008-03-03 |format= |work=Images of England ]It is now preserved, having been given to Bristol City Museum in 1966 and is owned by Sedgemoor District Council, and maintained by volunteers.
In 2008 the council applied for listed building planning consent to undertake major restoration work on the windmill, including replacement of the stone steps, installation of hand rails, guard rails and safety bars, alterations to the window shutters and replacement of the sail frames with wood laminate. [cite news | url= http://www.cheddarvalleygazette.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=216909&command=displayContent&sourceNode=216903&contentPK=19717984&moduleName=InternalSearch&formname=sidebarsearch | publisher= Cheddar Valley Gazette | title= Windmill restoration plans | date=
31 January 2008 | accessdate= 2008-03-03]References
External links
* [http://www.sedgemoor.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=3537 Ashton Windmill] at Sedgemoor District Council
* [http://www.britarch.ac.uk/YAC/yaya_2006_winning_entries.html#Yvette Ashton Windmill feature] , which won CBA "Young Archaeologist of the Year Award" in 2006 for its author.
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