Plumstead Common Windmill

Plumstead Common Windmill is a tower mill in Plumstead Common, in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, in south London.

Plumstead Common Windmill
Drawing dated 1820
Origin
Grid reference	TQ 4480 7791
Coordinates	51.4817°N 0.0840°E / 51.4817; 0.0840
Year built	Early nineteenth century
Information
Purpose	Corn mill
Type	Tower mill
Storeys	Four storeys
No. of sails	Four
Type of sails	Common sails
Winding	Hand winded

History

The surviving structure

Plumstead Common Windmill was marked on the 1819-43 Ordnance Survey map. In 1827, there was an accident at the mill when so many people crowded onto the stage to watch a sham fight that it gave way, injuring a number of them. In 1848, the mill was converted into a brewhouse, having been disused for a number of years previously.^[1] The tower remains today, as part of the Old Mill pub.

Description

The old mill today

For a description of the machinery, see Mill machinery.

Plumstead Common Mill has a four-storey brick tower. It had four common sails. There was a stage at first floor level. The mill had a domed cap and was winded by hand.^[1]

Millers

• Longmore 1827^[1][2]
• Clements^[1][2]