1825
Tower mill built
A brick tower mill was built at Caunton for cereal milling, with one record giving the date as about 1825.
Site overview
Caunton Windmill is a surviving brick tower windmill on Mill Lane, Caunton. The mill was built in the early nineteenth century, with one heritage record giving a date of about 1825, and was used for cereal milling. It stood as a tower mill within the agricultural landscape of the village rather than as part of a larger industrial complex.
The mill ceased working in 1916. Later records identify it as a surviving tower mill and a Grade II listed building, first listed in 1974. The available sources provide limited operational detail, but they establish the site as an early nineteenth-century corn or cereal mill whose tower remains visible at the recorded grid reference.
No detailed account of machinery survival, ownership, or later conversion has been identified in the consulted sources.
Map
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History
Caunton Windmill stands on Mill Lane at Caunton and is recorded as a brick tower mill. Its National Grid Reference and published coordinates match the supplied site location, placing the structure at Caunton rather than at Ollerton. The mill was built in the early nineteenth century; one national monument record gives a more specific construction date of about 1825.
It was built for cereal milling, reflecting its role in processing grain for the surrounding agricultural district. The available records do not identify the original builder, owner, number of sails, machinery arrangement, or later technical changes. The mill remained in use into the early twentieth century and ceased working in 1916.
After milling ended, the tower survived as a standing structure. It was later recognised as a Grade II listed building, with the listing first recorded on 19 July 1974. The surviving evidence is chiefly architectural and locational: the site is documented as Caunton Windmill, a tower mill at Mill Lane, with its standing remains recorded in specialist windmill sources, the National Heritage List for England, and historic environment records.
Timeline
1916
Milling ceased
Caunton Windmill ceased working in 1916.
1974
Listed building status recorded
Caunton Windmill was first listed as a Grade II listed building.
Sources and records
Historic England National Heritage List for England entry: Caunton Windmill
Historic England Research Records entry: Caunton Windmill
Windmill World entry: Caunton windmill, Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire Historic Environment Record entry for Caunton Windmill
Archaeology Data Service catalogue entry: Caunton Windmill
Historic England Research Records entry: Caunton Windmill
Windmill World entry: Caunton windmill, Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire Historic Environment Record entry for Caunton Windmill
Archaeology Data Service catalogue entry: Caunton Windmill