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Description: | PRN 42765
This well-proportioned tower mill was built by Oxley, the local millwright, in 1813, reputedly on the site of an earlier post mill. If this is the case then the post mill had a short life for it is not shown on a map of 1890. It worked until 1955 and in 1957 was acquired by Banks Bros. of Kirton in Lindsey who repaired it and set it to work again. The owner was still working it occasionally in the 1980s. The mill is powered by 5 single-sided patent sails, which were renewed together with the cap in 1978 by Thompsons. The tarred tower has a stage at second floor level and a raised loading stage at ground floor level, a common feature of Lincolnshire mills. {1}{2}{3}{4}
For the full description and the legal address of this listed building please refer to the appropriate List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. {5}
The mill has seven floors and the Hoyles family operated it until 1955 when it was sold. {6} | Subjects: | Building Windmills | Temporal: | 1813 - 2050 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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