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Corn milling use
The mill operated as a wind-powered tower corn mill.
Site overview
Patrington East Mill was a tower corn mill at Patrington. It is one of the recorded Patrington tower mills and is associated with the village's nineteenth-century wind-powered milling. The site is identified as a surviving former tower mill.
Its detailed construction, machinery, working chronology and final closure date have not been established.
Map
Map markers and directions links are provided for location reference only and do not indicate public access or permission to enter a site.
No site photograph is currently available. Images will be added as field visits are carried out.
History
Patrington East Mill was a wind-powered tower corn mill at Patrington. Patrington had several windmill sites, including tower mills associated with different parts of the village and its haven.
This mill later ceased working and survived as a former tower mill. Its original height, cap, sails, windshaft, stones and final working date remain uncertain. The site survives as one of the former tower-mill structures at Patrington.
Timeline
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Former tower mill survives
The former tower mill survives at Patrington.
1845
Tower mill built
Patrington East Mill was built as a tower corn mill in the nineteenth century.
Sources and records
Windmill World entry: Patrington windmill
Mills Archive catalogue references for Patrington windmills
List of windmills in the East Riding of Yorkshire
Windmill Photographic Register: Patrington
Mills Archive catalogue references for Patrington windmills
List of windmills in the East Riding of Yorkshire
Windmill Photographic Register: Patrington