Boldon Mill

Boldon Mill

HER Number
1588
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Boldon Mill
Place
West Boldon
Map Sheet
NZ36SE
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
Extant Building
Description
Boldon Mill, which dates from 1834 once stood in virtual isolation but is now surrounded by modern housing. It has recently been adapted and extended as a dwelling although its basic form is still clearly discernable. Constructed of sandstone rubble with roughly dressed cills and lintels to openings, it has entrances to both north and south elevations together with small square windows at each floor level on all four sides except at first floor facing west. The cap and sails were removed some time ago and the top floor is protected by a flat roof hidden behind the upper courses of masonry. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
435440
Northing
561220
Grid Reference
NZ435440561220
Sources
<< HER 1588 >> I. Ayris & P. Jubb, 1987, Tower Mills of South Tyneside
I. Ayris & S.M. Linsley, 1994, A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, p 58