—
Corn mill function
The tower mill functioned as a corn mill.
Site overview
Marton Mill is an early nineteenth-century red-brick tower windmill on Trent Port Lane in Marton. The surviving structure is Grade II listed. Its brick tower retains multiple former door and window openings, including segmental-headed openings and partially blocked oculi.
The mill is identified as a former tower corn mill and survives as a standing historic windmill structure.
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
Marton Mill stands on Trent Port Lane in the parish of Marton, West Lindsey. The surviving windmill is an early nineteenth-century red-brick tower structure. Its exterior includes doorways, segmental-headed openings, partially blocked oculi and small rectangular openings, with broken decorated eaves at the top of the tower.
The mill is identified as a tower corn mill and is associated with the Lincolnshire tower-mill tradition. It was listed at Grade II on 12 July 1985. The surviving tower remains the principal historic fabric of the site.
Timeline
1800–1832
Tower mill built
The red-brick tower windmill was built in the early nineteenth century.
1985
Grade II listing
The windmill was listed at Grade II on 12 July 1985.
Sources and records
Historic England National Heritage List entry: Windmill, Trent Port Lane, Marton
Windmill World entry: Marton windmill, Lincolnshire
Mills Archive mill index: Tower mill, Marton
Windmill World entry: Marton windmill, Lincolnshire
Mills Archive mill index: Tower mill, Marton