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Moulin à vent Richard, dit aussi de Saint-Thomas

Bazoches-en-Dunois, Eure-et-Loir, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Moulin à vent Richard avec son mécanisme (cad. ZN 53) : inscription par arrêté du 4 juillet 1988
Protection dates
1988/07/04 : inscrit MH
Type
moulin
Main period of construction
18e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée
Commune
Bazoches-en-Dunois
Département
Eure-et-Loir
Region
Centre-Val de Loire
Country
France
Coordinates
48.10805, 1.56448
Mérimée reference
PA00096966

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1695 map "Composite Map: L'Evesche de Chartres Divise en Archidiaconez et Doyennez." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Moulin-pivot traditionnel en bois, typique de la Beauce et du Bassin Parisien, au soubassement apparent. Le pivot est étayé par les faux-pieds qui reposent sur des piles élevées lors de la mise en place des ailes à système Berton au 19e siècle (système semi-automatique d'ouverture des ailes). Des bandeaux de châtaignier couvrent chaque face de la cage. Les ailes sont constituées de planchettes mobiles, ce qui permet de faire varier à volonté la surface exposée au vent. Des petites ouvertures sont pratiquées sur chaque façade latérale et sur celle où se trouve la queue. Celle-ci permet d'orienter le moulin selon le vent. Un escalier y est accolé et donne accès à l'étage.

English translation

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Traditional pivot mill in wood, typical of the Beauce and the Paris Basin, with exposed plinth. The pivot is supported by the false feet which rest on piers raised when the Berton system wings were installed in the 19th century (semi-automatic system for opening the wings). Bands of chestnut cover each face of the cage. The wings are made up of moveable small planks, which makes it possible to vary at will the surface exposed to the wind. Small openings are made on each lateral façade and on the one where the tail is found. The tail allows the mill to be oriented according to the wind. A staircase is attached to it and gives access to the storey.

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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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