The
2006 Buildings at Risk
list is now available. There are 3 windmills listed on it:
Berkswell is a slightly surprising new entry - its enthusiastic fairly new owners have put a lot of work into in the past couple of years.
The other two mills were on last years list as well. I don't know of the state of Sneaths Mill, but certainly that of
Mitcham Common is extremely worrying. The owners, Whitbread, who run the pub restaurant alongside have had planning permission to protect
the structure since 2002, but have done nothing about it. On a recent visit, the upright post now has just 3 of the 4 supports - the fourth
is simply missing, as if it has rotted away totally from neglect. The state of the remaining wooden structure is also fairly precarious.
Buildings at Risk 2006