Brick tower mill, without sails. <1> AP in record. <2> Five-storeyed red brick tower mill, with weatherboarded cap. Stone over entrance door is inscribed: TGE 1775 and there is another stone: GDER 1836. Two bricks are said to have inscriptions: WS 1774 and ET 1774. Modern casement windows in late C19 openings. Sails and fantails removed, and mill now used as a dwelling. <3>

Built in 1775, together with the reconstructed Post mill (then situated 190 yards NE of the tower mill) these mills, with dwelling houses adjoining, comprised one estate. The tower mill, known as Tiptree Windmill was reported as being a brick tower mill, 36feet in diameter, containing 5 floors, 2 pairs of French stones, and 3 flour mills. <5>

Chapman and Andre's survey predated the erection of the Tower mill(8199) so records the Post Mill only( see 19377).<4>
Greenwood (1825) shows both mills, but places the Post Mill(19377) at some distance to the NW of the actual site.<5>

Field Survey 2011 28/02/2011

Features
Massively constructed brick tower mill with wind shaft and box still in position on the cap. A domestic door has been inserted at ground level and is the main entrance to the tower mill and millers house. Timber framed windows. The building itself was inspected from ground level. The fenestration requires maintenance and repainting. Brickwork is in reasonable condition but some repointing is necessary. The presence of components in the yard suggests that the stone floor may have been cleared of equipment.

Machinery
However amounts of historic machinery are lying discarded in the garden including patent sails spider, triangle (also from sails), stone spindle casting, various driving gears and shafts, hopper, stone nut, etc. This raises concerns about management and conservation of the building which has changed hands in the last six months. The machinery is located amongst the floor beds and propped against the boundary wall.

Millers House
The owner was not at the property at the time of the visit and the surveyor was unable to gain access to the building. The millers house appears to be well maintained and in generally good condition. The land is laid to lawns and a very large gravel forecourt with fringing flower beds.

Surrounding area
Once situated in open heath land, the structure is situated on a large plot amidst suburban development.

Present Use: Residential
Condition: Fully restored but as part of dwelling <6>