1831
Tower mill constructed
The Bardney Road tower mill was built in 1831 by the millwright Ingledew.
Site overview
The Windmill on Bardney Road, Wragby, is a former tower corn mill built in 1831. The listed structure is a red-brick tower mill with a colour-washed ground floor, weathered tarred upper storeys, decorated eaves, and a low segmental-shaped cap. Local photographic records describe the mill as originally having seven storeys and six sails.
It was built by the millwright Ingledew and worked until 1903, when it was converted to run with an oil engine. All machinery has since been removed from the interior, but the listed tower remains a prominent survival on Bardney Road.
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History
The Windmill on Bardney Road at Wragby was built in 1831 as a tower corn mill. It was constructed by the millwright Ingledew and, in its working form, had six sails. Local photographic records describe the Bardney Road mill as a seven-storey structure, while the surviving listed tower is recorded as five storeys, with the lower storey hidden behind a twentieth-century shed built against it.
The tower is of red brick, with a colour-washed ground floor and weathered, tarred upper storeys. It has a low segmental-shaped cap, decorated eaves, a flat-headed doorway with a plank door on the west side, and vertically arranged casement windows with segmental heads. The mill worked by wind until 1903, when it was converted to run with an oil engine.
All machinery has since been removed from the interior. The Grade II listed tower preserves the reduced form of Wragby's Bardney Road tower mill.
Timeline
1831–1903
Six-sailed mill worked
The mill worked with six sails during its wind-powered working life.
1903
Converted to oil-engine drive
The mill was converted to run with an oil engine.
1986
Listed building designation
The Wragby windmill was listed at Grade II.
Sources and records
Historic England listed building entry: Windmill, Bardney Road
Windmill World site entry: Wragby windmill
Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology photograph catalogue: Wragby, Windmill
Mills Archive record: Tower mill, Wragby
Lincolnshire Windmills by Peter Dolman
Windmill World site entry: Wragby windmill
Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology photograph catalogue: Wragby, Windmill
Mills Archive record: Tower mill, Wragby
Lincolnshire Windmills by Peter Dolman