This tower mill was built in the mid 19th century, the precise date being somewhat uncertain. One source gives 1846, another gives 1866-7, while Rex Wailes gives 1872. Whatever the year, it was erected by Saunderson, the Louth millwright and replaced a postmill. Like all his mills it was finely proportioned and well equipped, although smaller than his large six sail mills. It worked latterly with two sails, until 1951 when the sails were removed and electric motors installed to drive the machinery. It worked until 1968 and was demolished in the early 1970s to a stump of little more than one storey, now used as a grain silo. It had four patent sails and was originally fitted with two pairs of French and two pairs of grey stones. Later one pair of French stones was replaced by a roller mill. There was also a mixer. {1}