Building record 400/0/65 - The Windmill Pub, Main Street

The public house was first documented in 1766, but the presence of a cruck roof truss probably dates the building to the late medieval period. Locally listed building.

{1} The Windmill public house most likely dates to the 17th century, however its first recorded landlord was in 1766- Mr. Simon Marriott. It is a regular-coursed ironstone building of four bays and two storeys with a thatched roof. The roof also has ligger detailing. The northern gable is coped with kneelers and there are three brick stacks on stone plinths at the apex of the ridgeline, two being on the gable ends, one central. The second storey windows are overhung with thatch eyebrow detailing. The pub sits to the edge of a small green and forms a grouping with The Lilacs.

{2} Major improvement works undertaken in 1988 identified a raised cruck truss. The cruck was smoke-blackened indicating the building was originally of open-hall type.

<1> Daventry District Council, 2021, Badby Conservation Area and Management Plan, p. 67 (Policy Document). SNN112471.

<2> Warr, J, Warr, G, and Megeary, M, 2021, The Windmill Inn, Badby: A Visual Survey of its Architecture & Archaeology (Report). SNN112472.

Record last edited

Aug 9 2021 3:53PM