Building record MLI52067 - Highfield Windmill, Spital Hill
Summary
Highfield Windmill, Spital Hill
Type and Period (2)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
PRN 52067
This was one of a pair of tower mills in the same ownership and probably dates from the early 19th century. {3}.
In 1816 it had five roller reefing sails with 3 pairs of stones. In 1870 it was refitted with the patent sails off a mill at Cleethorpes. It worked until 1927 when the sails were removed, and was then allowed to become derelict. It was dismantled in 1976 and the machinery was taken to a mill at Horncastle. It now stands derelict with the curb and most of the rooms in place. There were four pairs of stones, two French and two grey. {1}
Sources/Archives (5)
- <1> SLI1081 Bibliographic Reference: Dolman, P.. 1986. Lincolnshire Windmills: A Contemporary Survey. P17 PHOTO P43.
- <2> SLI1062 Bibliographic Reference: Nikolaus Pevsner and John Harris, with Nicholas Antram. 1989. Buildings of England: Lincolnshire (Second Edition). P302.
- <3> SLI1063 Bibliographic Reference: P.L. Everson, C.C. Taylor and C.J. Dunn. 1991. Change and Continuity: Rural Settlement in North-West Lincolnshire. ARCHIVE NOTES.
- <4> SLI929 Bibliographic Reference: STARK. A.. 1817. THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF GAINSBOROUGH. -.
- <5> SLI2307 Index: 1994. INDEX RECORD OF INDUSTRIAL SITES. LI/SLHA/NRW19.
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Location
Grid reference | Centred SK 8224 9046 (8m by 8m) |
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Civil Parish | GAINSBOROUGH, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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