Colney Heath Mill is a Grade II listed smock mill

Smock mill

The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind...

 at Colney Heath

Colney Heath

Colney Heath is a large village south-east of St Albans, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom.The population of the ward of Colney Heath at the time of the 2001 census was 5,449....

 (North Mymms

North Mymms

North Mymms is a civil parish in the English county of Hertfordshire.The village itself has suffered from enclosure. North Mimms Park and Brookmans Park enclose large areas of the parish. Even the parish church stands in the park of North Mimms; in it is a chapel, the burialplace of the Coningsbys...

), Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England. The county town is Hertford.The county is one of the Home Counties and lies inland, bordered by Greater London , Buckinghamshire , Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire and...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 which has been converted to residential accommodation.

History

Colney Heath Mill was built in the 1850s. It was working until 1906, latterly by steam engine. The mill was converted to residential accommodation between 1999 and 2004 Although referred to as being in London Colney

London Colney

London Colney is a village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England. It is located to the north of London, at Junction 22 of the M25 motorway....

, the mill actually stands in North Mymms.

Description

Colney Heath Mill is a four storey tower mill It has a domed cap. There were four sails which drove three pairs of millstones.

Millers

• Edward Whitehead 1854–62
• Samuel Fairey 1862–75
• James Fairey 1867–75
• Henry James 1875–1900
• William James 1900–06

Reference for above:-

External links

• Windmill World webpage on Colney Heath Mill.