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Converted to residential use
The former tower mill was later converted into a private house.
Site overview
South Rauceby Mill is a former tower corn mill built in 1841. The mill was later extended in the nineteenth century, when associated milling buildings were added. It worked by wind until the early 1930s and then by engine until about 1945.
Directory entries record George Rowley as corn miller in 1856 and Herbert Sleight as miller in 1919. The mill closed in the 1930s and was later converted into a house. The surviving Grade II listed tower and attached buildings preserve the form of the former milling complex within South Rauceby.
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History
South Rauceby Mill is a former tower corn mill built in 1841. Historic archive material describes the mill with associated buildings, and later nineteenth-century extension created part of the milling complex that survived into the modern period. Directory evidence places George Rowley at the mill as corn miller in 1856, and Herbert Sleight was listed as miller in 1919.
The mill worked by wind until the early 1930s; one local account places closure in 1937 when Herbert Sleight retired, while photographic and archive descriptions record that it ceased working in 1932. It subsequently continued by engine until about 1945. The former tower mill was later converted into a house.
Surviving fabric includes the brick tower and attached buildings, and photographic records show the mill with a wooden gantry part way up the tower. The listed structure now preserves the former windmill as a residential conversion in South Rauceby, retaining the visible mass and plan of the nineteenth-century milling site.
Timeline
1801–1900
Milling buildings added
The mill was extended later in the nineteenth century, when some associated milling buildings were constructed.
1841
Tower mill constructed
The tower corn mill was built in 1841.
1856
George Rowley recorded as corn miller
White's Directory listed George Rowley as corn miller at South Rauceby.
1919
Herbert Sleight recorded as miller
Kelly's Directory listed Herbert Sleight as miller.
1932
Wind working ceased
The mill ceased working by wind in the early 1930s.
1945
Engine working ended
After wind working ended, the mill continued by engine until about 1945.
Sources and records
Historic England Archive record: South Rauceby Windmill and associated buildings
Historic England listed building entry: South Rauceby Mill
Windmill World site entry: South Rauceby windmill
Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology photograph catalogue
Geograph photograph record: South Rauceby Mill
Lincolnshire Museums image record: Tower Mill, South Rauceby, Lincolnshire
Historic England listed building entry: South Rauceby Mill
Windmill World site entry: South Rauceby windmill
Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology photograph catalogue
Geograph photograph record: South Rauceby Mill
Lincolnshire Museums image record: Tower Mill, South Rauceby, Lincolnshire