Building record MLI42765 - Alford Mill, or Hoyles Windmill

Summary

Alford Mill, also known as Hoyles Windmill, is a tower mill, believed to have been built in 1837.

Type and Period (2)

  • (Post Medieval - 1813 AD? to 1837 AD?)
  • (Post Medieval to Modern - 1837 AD to 2050 AD)

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Full Description

This well-proportioned tower mill was built by Oxley, the local millwright. Some confusion exists about its exact date of construction, but it is believed to have been built in 1837, reputedly on the site of an earlier post mill of 1813. The mill was owned by the Hoyles family for much of its life, who worked it until 1955. It was sold in 1957 to Banks Brothers of Kirton in Lindsey, who repaired it and set it to work again. The mill is of 6 storeys, and 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}{5} The structure was built as a tower mill in 1837 by Alford millwright, Sam Oxley. The mill was restored in 1979. It has six floors, is black bitumen-painted brick, with 5 wooden sails and an ogee cap. 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. {6} The earlier mill of 1813 is marked on an Ordnance Survey drawing for the 1st edition 1" to the mile map, which is dated 1819. {7}

Sources/Archives (7)

  •  Bibliographic Reference: Peter Dolman. 1986. Lincolnshire Windmills: A Contemporary Survey. pp.10, 34-5.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Nikolaus Pevsner and John Harris, with Nicholas Antram. 1989. Buildings of England: Lincolnshire (Second Edition). p.94.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Neil R. Wright. 1983. A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Lincolnshire Including South Humberside. p.5.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: S.M. Cooke and P.E. Crome. 1998. Alford Town. pp.28-30.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: David Jager. 2007. Windmills of Lincolnshire Surviving into the 21st Century. pp.22-3.
  •  Index: Department of the Environment. 1986. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 5/9.
  •  Website: British Library. 2011->. Ordnance Survey Drawings. http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/ordsurvdraw/index.html. Alford (1819).

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Grid reference Centred TF 45743 76508 (6m by 7m) Surveyed
Civil Parish ALFORD, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Mar 3 2023 3:26PM

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