Site overview

Bloxham Grove Mill is a small post mill at Bloxham Grove Farm, Bloxham. It was built in 1865 by Henry Warriner as a memorial to all windmills. The listed building is principally wooden, with minor twentieth-century restoration, and stands on high ground south-west of the farm complex.

It has four cloth-covered sails, a weather-boarded gable-roofed wooden buck, iron-strapped cross-trees, and tapering brick piers capped with stone and concrete. The interior contains one pair of 30-inch stones, a wooden gear wheel with 48 cogs, a governor, and a detachable hopper. It was restored in 2008 and returned to occasional grinding after more than a century.

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History

Bloxham Grove Mill stands at Bloxham Grove Farm, on high ground south-west of the farm complex. It was built in 1865 by Henry Warriner as a memorial to all windmills. The mill is a one-third scale post mill, not a full-size commercial tower mill. Its construction was associated with the Warriner family's improving farm at Bloxham Grove, where other agricultural changes included rebuilding farm buildings and installing steam-driven milling machinery.

The mill is principally wooden. It has a weather-boarded, gable-roofed wooden buck containing the machinery, four sails covered by cloth rolled down the sail frames, and a main post supported by iron-strapped cross-trees on stone- and concrete-capped tapering brick piers. The rear of the body has paired doors with iron strap handles. Inside, the machinery comprises one pair of 30-inch stones driven directly from above by a wooden gear wheel with 48 cogs. A governor hangs beneath the stones, and the stones are fed from a detachable hopper.

The mill became decayed during the twentieth century and was photographed in deteriorating condition in the early twenty-first century. It was listed at Grade II on 25 June 2007 and restored in 2008. After restoration, it ground corn again for the first time in more than a century. The mill survives in good condition with its machinery intact.

Timeline

1865

Post mill built

Henry Warriner built the one-third scale post mill as a memorial to all windmills.
2006

Deteriorating condition photographed

The small post mill was photographed in deteriorating condition before restoration.
2007

Listed at Grade II

The windmill at Bloxham Grove Farm was listed at Grade II.
2008

Restored and returned to grinding

The mill was restored and ground corn again for the first time in more than 100 years.

Sources and records

Historic England list entry: Windmill at Bloxham Grove Farm
Windmill World entry: Bloxham windmill
Mills Archive catalogue records for Bloxham Grove Mill
Great Chishill Windmill page: Other Post Mills
Bloxham Online article: Bloxham Grove Windmill Project update
Geograph image record: Post Mill by Bloxham Grove Farm
Komoot highlight: Bloxham Grove Windmill