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Listed building designation
The tower mill at North Kelsey is recorded as a listed building.
Site overview
New Mill at North Kelsey is a former brick tower corn mill on Carr Lane. It was built in the early nineteenth century and had four floors. The mill operated by both wind and steam power until the end of the nineteenth century and was abandoned in 1905.
The surviving tower is recorded as a listed building and has been photographed as a surviving windmill structure west of the village. It is distinct from the older North Kelsey post mill site on Mill Hill. New Mill preserves the visible remains of an early nineteenth-century tower mill adapted to combined wind and steam working.
Map
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No site photograph is currently available. Images will be added as field visits are carried out.
History
New Mill stands on Carr Lane at North Kelsey. It was built in the early nineteenth century as a four-floored brick tower mill, replacing or supplementing the earlier windmilling tradition represented locally by the old post mill on Mill Hill. The tower-mill form allowed a larger and more permanent milling structure than the earlier timber post mill.
The mill worked as a corn mill and operated by both wind and steam power until the end of the nineteenth century. This dual-power arrangement reflects the later industrial life of many Lincolnshire mills, where steam power was introduced to maintain production when wind was unreliable. New Mill was abandoned in 1905.
The surviving building remains a recognised historic windmill structure at North Kelsey. Photographic and listing records identify the tower on Carr Road or Carr Lane, and later images describe the old windmill as a brick tower mill west of the village. In its reduced state it preserves the site of North Kelsey's early nineteenth-century tower-mill phase.
Timeline
1800–1833
Brick tower mill built
New Mill was built in the early nineteenth century as a four-floored brick tower mill on Carr Lane.
1800–1899
Wind and steam milling period
The mill operated by both wind and steam power until the end of the nineteenth century.
1905
Mill abandoned
New Mill was abandoned in 1905.
2001
Tower mill photographed
The tower mill at North Kelsey Mills was photographed on 11 October 2001 for the Images of England project.
Sources and records
Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology North Kelsey record
Historic England Images of England photograph
Windmill World site entry
Mills Archive site record
Geograph photograph record
List of windmills in Lincolnshire
Historic England Images of England photograph
Windmill World site entry
Mills Archive site record
Geograph photograph record
List of windmills in Lincolnshire