1820
Tower mill built
Morton Windmill was built in 1820 as a five-storey tower mill.
Site overview
Morton Windmill is a former five-storey tower mill built in 1820. It was a five-sailed windmill and worked as a corn mill. The mill was disused by 1918 and later fell into dereliction.
In 1993 it was converted for residential use, leaving the former tower mill as a reused historic structure within Morton.
Map
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History
Morton Windmill was built in 1820 as a five-storey tower windmill. It operated as a corn mill and was fitted with five sails. The mill had fallen out of use by 1918 and subsequently became derelict.
Its later history was defined by survival and reuse rather than continued milling. In 1993 the former tower mill was converted for residential use. The surviving structure now represents the reused remains of a former Lincolnshire tower windmill.
Timeline
1820–1918
Five-sailed corn mill worked
The mill worked as a five-sailed tower corn mill.
1918
Mill disused by 1918
The windmill was disused by 1918.
1993
Residential conversion
The former windmill was converted for residential use in 1993.
Sources and records
Geograph photograph entry: Morton Windmill
Windmill World entry: Morton windmill, Lincolnshire
Mills Archive catalogue entry: Tower mill, Morton
Windmill World entry: Morton windmill, Lincolnshire
Mills Archive catalogue entry: Tower mill, Morton