Coddington: Church, Windmill and Moated Site

Coddington offers several distinct historic points of interest: All Saints Church, Coddington Windmill and Coddington Moated Site. When planning your trip, it is worth considering their different features as well as the visiting conditions specified for each. At the church, the listed status and the remembrance associated with Constance Penswick Smith are central. The windmill is a structure dating from around 1859 that is now used as a private home. The Moated Site is a protected archaeological monument and can only be viewed from the road. This makes it possible to distinguish the sites not just by name, but also by character.

Church and family history

All Saints Church in Coddington is a Grade II* listed building. At the south doorway are gravestones belonging to the Penswick Smith family, including that of Constance Penswick Smith, described as the founder of the movement to observe Mothering Sunday. This links the listed architecture with a specific family and cultural history. For visitors interested in history, the memorial at the south doorway offers another point of interest alongside the building itself.

Windmill and Moated Site

Coddington Windmill is a small, four-storey tower windmill made of tar-coated brickwork, dating from around 1859. It is now a private home; the cap and sails are missing. Its historic design and present condition are clearly distinct. Its dimensions, materials and approximate date give the windmill a distinctive profile, while its private use reflects a different period from its origins as a windmill. This combination of architectural history and change is the site’s particular point of interest.

Coddington Moated Site is a Scheduled Monument, entry 68. Its maximum depth is 2.0 metres; this maximum does not mean the entire site is uniformly deep. It is on private land and can only be viewed from the road. This viewing restriction is important when planning a visit: the site is to be viewed from the road, not entered. Unlike the two historic buildings, the Moated Site is an archaeological monument with explicitly limited viewing access.

Visitor information

A guide dated 1/2004 identifies All Saints Church, set back from Main Street, as the starting point of the Coddington History Trail and notes that there is a section without a pavement between the Moated Site and the Windmill. The practical route conditions may have changed. For planning a walk, it is helpful to keep these details distinct: the church provides a historic point of reference, while the note about the missing pavement applies only to the route between the two named sites. Check the current route conditions in advance.

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