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Moulin à Vent dit Moulin du Nord

Steenvoorde, Nord, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Moulin (cad. ZI 145) : inscription par arrêté du 24 octobre 1977
Protection dates
1977/10/24 : inscrit MH
Type
moulin à farine
Main period of construction
3e quart 16e siècle
Later work
4e quart 20e siècle
Dates
1576
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Address
route de Wormhout
Commune
Steenvoorde
Département
Nord
Region
Hauts-de-France
Country
France
Coordinates
50.81498, 2.56938
Mérimée reference
PA00107830

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1570 map "(17) Flandria." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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Construit vraisemblablement en 1576 (date portée) , ce moulin à vent est de type pivot et a servi de moulin à farine. Les pieds de bois du moulin reposent sur trois traverses également en bois posées sur des massifs cubiques en brique. Les parties basses sont protégées par un abri hexagonal, en essentage de planches, couvert de tavaillons. La cabine du moulin est en essentage de planches, sous un toit en bâtière, semble-t-il légèrement incurvé à la flamande (?) ; elle est accessible par une échelle que coupe à mi-hauteur la guivre directionnelle. Les ailes sont à traverses en petit bois, à triple compartiments. Ce moulin a bénéficié depuis sa protection d'une restauration extérieure très soignée. Depuis longtemps remarqué, sa protection au titre de la législation de 1930 est intervenue dès 1970.

English translation

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Built presumably in 1576 (date recorded), this windmill is of the pivot type and was used as a flour mill. The wooden feet of the mill rest on three wooden crossbeams also placed on cubic masses in brick. The lower parts are protected by a hexagonal shelter, with wooden sheathing, covered with wooden shingles. The mill cabin is with wooden sheathing, under a roof with two slopes, apparently slightly curved in the Flemish manner (?); it is accessible by a ladder which the directional weathervane cuts in half. The sails have cross-ribs with small wood, with triple compartments. This mill has benefited since its protection from very careful external restoration. Long noticed, its protection under the 1930 legislation was made in 1970.

Nearby in the register

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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