WINDMILL, ADJOINING BARNS, GATEHOUSE AND CURTAIN WALL - Schoose , Workington - List Entry
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Description
"Windmill, barn, gatehouse, curtain wall and stack stand. Circa 1800 for John Christian Curwen. Calciferous sandstone rubble with flush quoins, some walls with battlemented parapets and angle pilasters....John Christian Curwen said in his presidential address to the Workington Agriculural Society, 1809, "the choice was between a fire engine and a windmill. The expense was nearly equal. The fire engine the more certain but the more dangerous. This decided me in favour of the windmill. I can by this machine dress in two hours as much or more than employed four horses a whole day and I expect to thresh only on wet days when I have no other work...." -
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Further information
Link: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1327213
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