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© Dr Geoffrey Court
IoE Number:
475674
Location:
WILLASTON MILL, MILL LANE
NESTON, ELLESMERE PORT AND NESTON, CHESHIRE
Photographer:
Dr Geoffrey Court
Date Photographed:
18 November 2002
Date listed:
27 December 1962
Date of last amendment:
27 December 1962
Grade
II
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NESTON
SJ37NW MILL LANE, Willaston Village
794-1/2/117 Willaston Mill
27/12/62
II
Windmill, now dwelling. 1805. Red brick laid to English Garden
Wall bond with wooden cap. Circular on plan.
EXTERIOR: 5-stage tapering tower on basement. Lifting doorways
fitted with French windows; windows are replacement multi-pane
casements. Openings are segment arched. Boat shaped cap to
which sail cross arms, starting wheel and gantry remain.
INTERIOR: the machinery which formerly rotated the cap remains
in the upper stage but the mill was already in use as a
dwelling in 1962.