Deckham, windmill

HER Number

11662

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Deckham, windmill

Place

Deckham

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Power Generation Site

Site Type: Specific

Windmill

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Destroyed Monument

Description

A probable windmill of post medieval date was mapped from air photography. Lies close to a street named Millway. The top of the mill and the sails had been removed. A rectangular building lay against the north-east corner of the mill tower. Shown but not named on OS maps from 1856 to 1960.

Easting

426410

Northing

561500

Grid Reference

NZ426410561500

Sources

English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1409108; Aerial Photograph RAF/3G/TUD/UK/12/14 5159 12-JAN-1946