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Windmill Stump, Northfield

A Category B Listed Building in Troup, Aberdeenshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 57.6844 / 57°41'3"N

Longitude: -2.2991 / 2°17'56"W

OS Eastings: 382265

OS Northings: 866105

OS Grid: NJ822661

Mapcode National: GBR N8PD.TPG

Mapcode Global: WH8LZ.N3DV

Plus Code: 9C9VMPM2+Q9

Entry Name: Windmill Stump, Northfield

Listing Name: Northfield Farm, Windmill Stump

Listing Date: 22 February 1972

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 343059

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB10582

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Northfield, Windmill Stump

ID on this website: 200343059

Location: Gamrie

County: Aberdeenshire

Electoral Ward: Troup

Parish: Gamrie

Traditional County: Banffshire

Tagged with: Windmill

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Description

Early 19th century. Square rubble slightly battered base
surmounted by rubble cylindrical tapering harled windmill
tower; Tower coated with modern harl. Base of tower fronted
by single storey rubble lean-to.
Arched interior revealing 2 round-headed narrow openings
leading to square wallhead. Gutted.

Statement of Interest

Reputed to incorporate remains of 12th century church. Farm

steading, of which the windmill is the centre piece, now

gutted and not included in listing. Similar windmill

incorporated in farm Steading appears in J C Loudon's

ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF COTTAGE, FARM AND VILLA, ARCHITECTURE

(1846), pp.471-3.

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