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A black-and-white low-angle shot shows a wooden tower windmill with four large sails and two figures standing at its base.

Wicken windmill (MoC78.68)

Wicken windmill

History of Wicken windmill

Listed Building

Late C18 or early C19 twelve sided smock mill. (Historic England)


Detail from a 1901 Ordnance Survey map showing buildings, plots of land, and a labeled windmill in Wicken, Cambridgeshire.

Wicken OS 1901

A dark windmill with four large sails stands at the end of a narrow path between a brick building and a white wall.

Wicken Windmill (RGL2026)

A black, tapered windmill with four white-latticed sails stands in a grassy yard under a blue sky with scattered clouds.

Wicken Windmill (RGL2026)

A notice board about Wicken Windmill stands in front of the actual windmill, with its large sails visible against the sky.

Wicken Windmill (RGL2026)

Wicken Windmill (RGL2026)

A dark-bodied windmill with white sails and a domed cap rises above a wooden fence and garden foliage under a blue sky.

Wicken Windmill (RGL2026)

Building dates

  • Built 1760–1840
Source for this date
  • Built 1760–1840: Listed building: Late C18 or early C19 (grade II*)

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  • windmill

Projects

  • Wicken

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