Penshaw Windmill

HER Number

3104

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Penshaw Windmill

Place

Penshaw

Map Sheet

NZ35SW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Power Generation Site

Site Type: Specific

Windmill

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows Penshaw Windmill (Corn) at this location. Windmill in existence by 1775 when depicted on Tempest Estate map. Demolished by the end of 19th century. Mill Terrace is the sole clue on the ground of its existence today.

Easting

432610

Northing

552880

Grid Reference

NZ432610552880

Sources

<< HER 3104 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13; The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2014, Penshaw: Not just a monument - Historic Village Atlas; Tempest Estate Map, 1775 (DRO NCB 1/X 227)