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Smock corn mill recorded
The site is recorded as a smock mill used for corn milling.
Site overview
Croxton Kerrial Windmill is a surviving former smock corn mill on Main Street, Croxton Kerrial. The supplied coordinates match Croxton Kerrial rather than Bottesford. Specialist windmill records identify it as a smock mill used for corn milling, while the listed building record gives the site at National Grid Reference SK 83719 29067 and confirms Grade II designation from 13 August 1990.
Later photographic records describe the former windmill as converted into a private house with a viewing room in place of the cap. When listed, the interior was largely stripped and the mill was derelict. It is identified as the only known smock-mill tower in the county.
The available evidence establishes the mill type, function, survival, listing, and later conversion, but not a full working chronology.
Map
Map markers and directions links are provided for location reference only and do not indicate public access or permission to enter a site.
No site photograph is currently available. Images will be added as field visits are carried out.
History
Croxton Kerrial Windmill stands on Main Street at Croxton Kerrial. The supplied coordinates identify this windmill, not a site at Bottesford. It was a smock mill used for corn milling.
The surviving building was listed as Grade II on 13 August 1990 under a grid-reference-based list entry. The listed location is National Grid Reference SK 83719 29067, matching the coordinate evidence. Later photographic commentary describes the building as a former windmill converted into a private house, with a viewing room in place of the cap.
The same account states that, when listed in 1990, the interior was largely stripped and the mill was derelict, and that the structure is the only known example of a smock-mill tower in the county. Specialist windmill records and Mills Archive material provide identification and function, but the consulted sources do not provide a confirmed construction date, final working date, ownership sequence, or detailed machinery inventory. The site is therefore documented chiefly through its surviving structure, designation, and post-milling conversion.
Timeline
1990
Listed building status recorded
Croxton Kerrial Windmill was first listed as a Grade II listed building.
2016
Converted windmill photographed
The former windmill was photographed after conversion into a private house with a viewing room in place of the cap.
Sources and records
Historic England National Heritage List for England entry: Windmill at National Grid Reference SK 8372 2907
Windmill World entry: Croxton Kerrial windmill, Rutland
Mills Archive database entry: Smock mill, Croxton Kerrial
Geograph photographic record: Lookout tower, Croxton Kerrial
Mills Archive catalogue entry for Croxton Kerrial smock mill
Windmill World entry: Croxton Kerrial windmill, Rutland
Mills Archive database entry: Smock mill, Croxton Kerrial
Geograph photographic record: Lookout tower, Croxton Kerrial
Mills Archive catalogue entry for Croxton Kerrial smock mill