Listed building or place reference: MN0082 Historic site reference Property Rozel Mill (Le Moulin de Rozel) Road name La Rue du Moulin Parish St. Martin LocationView on map Grade Listed Building Grade 1 Category Mills Statement of significance Windmill tower of medieval origin (perhaps as early as the 14th century), used as navigation mark from 1919 and then converted to German coastal artillery observation post M6 in 1940s. Context n/a External Description The main body of the structure appears to date to the 14th-16th century. There are two bands of later construction above - one relating to the early 20th century adaptation to a navigation mark, and the upper level dating to the conversion to a German coastal artillery observation post in the 1940s. The tower is of rubble granite construction. There are two entrance doors - one (blocked) approximately due south and the other approximately due north (with German steel blast door in situ). Both have irregular quoins and a double row of voussoirs over the doorway. This is indicative of an early construction date and is not a typical feature of later 18th/19th century Jersey mills such as St Ouen's Windmill and St Peter's Windmill - built in the 1830s - both of which have a flat stone lintel over the doorway. It is also notable that St Peter's Windmill and St Ouen's Windmill are conical in shape, whereas the walls of Rozel Windmill are nearer to the vertical. Rising in a spiral from the right of each door are two small blocked loophole openings - suggestive of an internal spiral stair against the outer wall. On the south elevation near the original top of the tower is a blocked window with an interesting re-used lintel; this was previously a sill from a mullioned window with vertical iron bars on each side of the mullion. The tower has been raised on two occasions. The first, by deduction, between the sale of the ruin in 1919 and the German Occupation. The second raising was by the Germans during the Occupation. The Germans lined the interior of the tower with a concrete sleeve poured between the tower wall and timber shuttering. All earlier openings except the north door are masked by the sleeve and the original interior floor levels are not clear as the Germans inserted four floors supported on steel girders with metal shuttering. Access between floors is on fixed steel ladders via trapdoors. At the top of the tower is a concrete German coastal artillery observation floor. There is a wooden shelf with various iron fixtures and old electrical wiring in situ, and remnants of painted range markings on the concrete - Roman numerals I-XII above the windows and the numbers 1-12 on the ceiling. Internal Description n/a Special interest Archaeological,Architectural,Historical For the best experience, you will need to use Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge web browser to view the map Back to detail page Back to search results Documents Terms and conditions for downloading documents The plans, drawings and material provided have been submitted to the Chief Officer for permissions in respect of the Planning and Building (Jersey) Law 2002. They are protected by copyright under the Intellectual Property (Unregistered Rights) (Jersey) Law 2011 (Article 70 of the 2011 Law). The material is being provided to make available for public inspection the Register of Planning and Building Applications and must not be used for other purposes without the prior permission of the copyright owner.The Minister for the Environment makes every effort to maintain the accuracy of the information on this website but cannot accept responsibility for and disclaims all responsibility for any loss or damage which may arise from the use of the information provided. For applications approved during or after July 2016 approved documents are available from within the ‘Approved Documents’ section. For applications approved from 15 May 2012 - July 2016 approved documents are available under the ‘Plans’ section. I understand and agree with the terms and conditions. Date Description Size 23/02/2013 ILAP Notices Schedule Listed Building 535.75 KB 07/01/2015 Schedule Listed Building Grade 1 651.31 KB Back to search results
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