Monument record MLI22226 - MILLS, PENNY HILL

Summary

MILLS, PENNY HILL

Type and Period (1)

  • (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

'Mills (disused)'.{1} 'Mill'.{2} THIS TOWER MILL WAS BUILT IN 1826-7 ON THE SITE OF A SMOCK MILL. IT ORIGINALLY HAD 4 PATENT SAILS DRIVING 3 PAIRS OF STONES BUT IN THE LATE C19 WAS RAISED IN HEIGHT BY 1 STOREY AND RE-EQUIPPED WITH 6 PATENT SAILS AND 4 PAIRS OF STONES. IT WORKED UNTIL THE LATE 1930'S OR EARLY 1940'S, LATTERLY ON ONLY 4 SAILS. BY 1953 IT HAD BEEN DISMANTLED AND NOW STANDS DISUSED AND RAPIDLY FALLING INTO DECAY, THERE BEING NO ROOF. ALL THE MACHINERY HAS BEEN REMOVED. PIECES OF SAILS CAN BE SEEN INCORPORATED INTO SOME OF THE ADJOINING OUT-BUILDINGS. {3}{4}

Sources/Archives (4)

  •  Map: OS. 1956. OS 6 INCH SERIES. TF 32 NE.
  •  Map: OS. 1977. OS 1:10000 SERIES. TF 32 NE.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Dolman, P.. 1986. Lincolnshire Windmills: A Contemporary Survey. P 19.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Dolman, P.. 1986. Lincolnshire Windmills: A Contemporary Survey. P 47.

Map

Location

Grid reference TF 3588 2672 (point)
Civil Parish HOLBEACH, SOUTH HOLLAND, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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