Upminster Windmill

The Grade II* listing was made on 7 January 1955 as list entry 1079878. The mill was built in 1803 for James Nokes of Hunt's Farm in Corbets Tey Road, and the cap is thought to be the work of the millwright William Bear of Ballingdon. Four double patent sails span 70 feet, with twelve bays of three shutters per sail and 288 shutters in total, each carved with a Roman numeral; the compass-arm great spur wheel is 10 feet in diameter with 126 cogs. There are four pairs of millstones — three pairs of French Burr and one pair of Peak, two pairs 4 ft 6 in in diameter and two 4 ft — and a steam engine added in early 1811 drove two pairs of them. Commercial working stopped in 1934. The mill was restored to working order between 2016 and 2023 and reopened to visitors in 2023, with a new visitor centre built alongside; the London Borough of Havering and the Friends of Upminster Windmill work in partnership to protect it, and the project drew support from the Heritage Lottery Fund, Veolia North Thames Trust and the Architectural Heritage Fund. About 160 m due south, the Second World War Upminster Report Centre, including a gas cleansing station and other civil defence buildings, is listed Grade II, NHLE 1484138, on 15 August 2023.