Outwood Windmill
Outwood Windmill is a Grade I listed post mill in Outwood, Surrey. Built in 1665 by Thomas Budgen, a miller from Nutfield in Surrey, it is Britain's oldest working windmill.
| Outwood post mill | |
|---|---|
Outwood post mill | |
| Origin | |
| Mill name | Outwod post mill |
| Mill location | Outwood, Surrey |
| Grid reference | TQ 3277 4555 |
| Coordinates | 51°11′38″N 0°06′04″W |
| Operator(s) | Private |
| Year built | 1665 |
| Information | |
| Purpose | Corn mill |
| Type | Post mill |
| Roundhouse storeys | Single storey roundhouse |
| No. of sails | Four sails |
| Type of sails | Spring sails |
| Windshaft | Wood, with cast iron poll end |
| Winding | Tailpole |
| No. of pairs of millstones | Two pairs, Head and Tail |
| Size of millstones | 4 feet (1.22 m) diameter |
The windmill was one of a pair, as there was a smock mill built alongside in 1797. This mill had the tallest smock tower in the United Kingdom, until its collapse in 1960.
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