1820
Tower mill built
A brick tower corn mill was built at Whatton around 1820.
Site overview
Whatton Mill is a surviving tower corn mill at Hillyside House on Conery Lane, Whatton-in-the-Vale. The mill was built around 1820 and is recorded as a battered round brick tower with five stages and a flat roof. Its openings include iron casement windows in chamfered reveals with segmental heads, and the south-east side has close-boarded doors with a brick and stone loading platform.
The building was first listed as Grade II on 14 November 1986. Specialist windmill records identify the site as Whatton windmill and confirm its corn-milling function. The available evidence establishes the mill type, approximate construction date, surviving tower form, and legal protection, but does not provide a detailed account of ownership, machinery, working life, or final closure.
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History
Whatton Mill stands at Hillyside House on Conery Lane in Whatton-in-the-Vale. The supplied coordinates match the recorded windmill location at Whatton rather than Bingham. The mill was built around 1820 as a tower corn mill.
The surviving structure is a battered round brick tower of five stages with a flat roof. The window openings have iron casements set in chamfered reveals with segmental heads. On the south-east side, a pair of close-boarded doors is associated with a brick and stone loading platform, and the upper levels contain further casement openings.
The tower was no longer recorded with cap, sails, or external wind-powered apparatus in the listing description. Its survival was recognised through Grade II listed building status, first recorded on 14 November 1986. Specialist windmill records identify the site as Whatton windmill and record its function as a corn mill.
No detailed ownership sequence, machinery inventory, final working date, or later conversion history has been identified in the consulted sources.
Timeline
1986
Listed building status recorded
The windmill at Hillyside House was first listed as a Grade II listed building.
Sources and records
Historic England National Heritage List for England entry: Windmill at Hillyside House, Whatton-in-the-Vale
Windmill World entry: Whatton windmill, Nottinghamshire
Mills Archive database entry: Tower mill, Whatton
Nottinghamshire Historic Environment Record entry for Whatton windmill
List of windmills in Nottinghamshire
Windmill World entry: Whatton windmill, Nottinghamshire
Mills Archive database entry: Tower mill, Whatton
Nottinghamshire Historic Environment Record entry for Whatton windmill
List of windmills in Nottinghamshire