Old Cramlington Windmill

The Windmill tower is dated 1749 with initials M W (Matthew White) on the lintel of the south door. It still has good-quality squared stone. Straight-sided round tower without any external division between the 3 floor levels. Chamfered plinth. Opposed doorways on the ground floor, 3 small windows on each upper floor, all openings in chamfered surrounds. Interior has 2 plain lst-floor fireplaces, various sockets for floor beams and machinery.
Intact shell but no roof or floors.
It is pretty much impossible to see this building unless you drive on the only road leading to the nearby factory. It is a Grade II listed building situated in a farmers field. On my first visit i actually parked across the gate and had to run back to let the farmer through with his spraying machine .... woops, typical he would turn up at the same time .....
Went back a few days later for the drone footage.
An interesting building which obviously only houses birds now. That hawk was beautiful :)
I hope you enjoy this short visit.
Thank you to all who visit, support, like and comment.
Take care.
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[@ladyintheskyuk]

Brilliantly captured 👌 Great video.
The hawk was amazing. ❤

[@Raybo1uk]

Thank you Yvonne, glad you enjoyed. Yes that hawk was a fantastic bonus 👍🏻🤗❤️

[@eyeintheskydrone4k]

Brilliant video. Nice flying. You've captured it brilliantly well done 👏

[@Raybo1uk]

Thank you ☺️ 👍🏻 glad you enjoyed this video 😃 I didn’t realise you had changed your channel name 😳 but I’m easily confused 🤣🤣

[@jillwanlin9558]

Greetings from Canada Ray! 🍁 What a fantastic little place. Pretty cool seeing the windmill and wind turbine in the same field. 275yrs of technology. Looks like the perfect day to be filming. Amazing footage and views of the windmill and surrounding area. Interesting how you can see what appears to be the same green plant growth (moss?) on the rounded top of the structure as on the ground. The hawk was a bonus. Just out of curiosity, the two fireplaces, would they be there to keep workers warm or did people actually live in the windmill? Thanks as always Ray. Hope all is well with you and Alf. Bye for now! ❤🇨🇦🇬🇧🤗✌️🐾🐈‍⬛

[@Raybo1uk]

Hiya Jill 😃🤗 yes it was quite a find haha. I actually went on two different days as the first time I covered the gate with my car and as I was filming I heard a “hoi”! 🤣 just my luck for the farmer to turn up with his huge machine for spraying the fields with insecticide so I had to run back to let him in 🤣🤣 decided to wait a few days for the chemicals to settle then went back to get some drone footage. That hawk was beautiful colours. How technology has moved on eh… another 275 years and there will probably be no need for windmills, probably all be done wirelessly 🛜 😂 I think the windmill would have been occupied and it was probably pretty bleak living in it in the middle of a field, so fireplaces would definitely have been a nice luxury. I wouldn’t fancy being the coal delivery man though 🤣🤣 I’ve not researched a lot online but I wonder if there were any photos? Were cameras even invented then🤷‍♂️😂. Today is supposedly our warmest day of the year so far but that wind is cold, it’s around 17c lol, our mini heatwave 😂🤣 Alf and I are fine thanks, he’s snoring at the moment 🤣🐈‍⬛ hope all is well with you and your weather is also finally improving 🤗❤️🇨🇦🇬🇧💋