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Corn milling use recorded
The mill is recorded as a tower corn mill at Kirton End.
Site overview
Kirton Mill at Kirton End is a former tower mill built in 1833 on the site of an earlier post mill. It was a five-storey tower mill and is recorded in specialist sources as a tower corn mill. The earlier post mill was demolished in 1833, when the tower mill replaced it.
The surviving stump is listed Grade II and has been converted into a dwelling, with a replica ogee cap restoring the outline of a windmill tower rather than its working machinery. The site preserves a clear nineteenth-century windmill survival within the Kirton End agricultural landscape.
Map
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No site photograph is currently available. Images will be added as field visits are carried out.
History
Kirton Mill was built at Kirton End in 1833. It replaced an earlier post mill on the same site, marking the common nineteenth-century transition from timber post mills to more durable brick tower mills. The new mill had five storeys and worked as a tower corn mill.
The mill formed part of the wind-powered milling landscape of the Kirton and Boston district, serving surrounding agricultural land in the Parts of Holland. Historic photographic material records the tower mill before its later domestic conversion.
After its working life ended, the mill survived as a reduced tower stump. It was later converted into a dwelling and fitted with a replica ogee cap, retaining the visual memory of the former windmill while adapting the structure for residential use. The stump is listed Grade II, recognising the historic value of the remaining tower fabric. Kirton Mill now stands as a converted former windmill rather than a working mill, preserving the site of both the earlier post mill and the 1833 tower mill.
Timeline
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Converted to dwelling
The listed stump was converted into a dwelling and fitted with a replica ogee cap.
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Grade II listed
The surviving windmill stump is protected as a Grade II listed structure.
1833
Earlier post mill demolished
An earlier post mill on the site was demolished in 1833.
1833
Tower mill built
Kirton Mill was built in 1833 as a five-storey tower mill on the site of the earlier post mill.
Sources and records
Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology photographic record
Windmill World site entry
Mills Archive record
Historic England listed building information
List of windmills in Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire Windmills by Peter Dolman
Windmill World site entry
Mills Archive record
Historic England listed building information
List of windmills in Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire Windmills by Peter Dolman