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Corn milling use
The mill operated as a wind-powered tower corn mill.
Site overview
Nafferton Mill is a former tower corn mill on Bridlington Road, Nafferton. It was built in 1829 and survives as a Grade II listed brick tower of three storeys. The mill has small square symmetrical windows and is marked as The Old Windmill on Ordnance Survey mapping.
By 1991 it was used as a farm store and remained disused but substantially intact.
Map
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No site photograph is currently available. Images will be added as field visits are carried out.
History
Nafferton Mill was built in 1829 as a brick tower corn mill on Bridlington Road. The surviving tower has three storeys and small square symmetrical windows. It worked as a wind-powered corn mill before its working life ended.
The mill later survived as a disused tower. By 1991 it was being used as a farm store. The tower remained substantially intact and was listed at Grade II. The cap, sails and main working machinery are no longer part of the surviving structure. The site remains a former tower corn mill at Nafferton.
Timeline
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Grade II listed tower
The disused tower mill survived as a Grade II listed structure.
1829
Tower mill built
Nafferton Mill was built as a three-storey brick tower corn mill.
1991
Farm store use
The former tower mill was in use as a farm store.
Sources and records
Industrial History Online entry: Nafferton Mill
Historic England National Heritage List entry: Nafferton Mill
Windmill World entry: Nafferton windmill
Mills Archive catalogue entry: Nafferton Mill
List of windmills in the East Riding of Yorkshire
Windmill Photographic Register: Nafferton
Historic England National Heritage List entry: Nafferton Mill
Windmill World entry: Nafferton windmill
Mills Archive catalogue entry: Nafferton Mill
List of windmills in the East Riding of Yorkshire
Windmill Photographic Register: Nafferton