Wymondham Windmill Wymondham · Leicestershire · England

Wymondham Windmill stands on Butt Lane at Wymondham and is one of Leicestershire's most distinctive surviving tower mills. The listed building dates from about 1813, while other site histories place its construction between about 1810 and 1814. It was built from local ironstone, with brick elements and a rounded tower of five stages. The listing records that the mill was raised in the mid nineteenth century and restored in the late twentieth century. Its sheet-metal covered ogee cap and finial form part of the restored mill profile.

The mill was designed as a five-storey tower mill with six sails in the rare Six Arm Lincolnshire Cross arrangement. It worked as a corn mill for the surrounding farming communities and continued in agricultural use into the twentieth century. Milling for grain ended in 1952, after which the mill was adapted to process animal feed until around 1960. After milling operations ceased, the building fell into disuse.

Restoration began in the late 1970s. In 1985 Nigel Moon, miller and owner of Whissendine Windmill, was involved in rebuilding the cap. A further major conservation phase began in 2016 through the Living Mill project, supported by Heritage Lottery Fund and East Leicestershire LEADER funding. Essential repair and restoration works were completed in 2017, conserving the building and creating a stronger public interpretation role for the site.

Wymondham Windmill was first listed on 31 October 1972 and is now Grade II*. It has evolved from a working agricultural mill into a heritage visitor destination. The restored windmill forms the centrepiece of a seven-acre rural site with a tearoom, independent shops, play area, woodland trail, private hire venue, and countryside accommodation.