1832
Tower mill built
South Luffenham Windmill is dated to 1832 by a stone tablet over the west door.
Site overview
South Luffenham Windmill is a surviving tower corn mill on Station Road, South Luffenham. The supplied coordinates match South Luffenham rather than Uppingham. The mill is dated to 1832 by a stone tablet over the west door.
It is built of coursed rubble stone with red brick eaves and survives without roof or floors. Specialist windmill records identify it as a tower corn mill and modern photographs describe it as derelict. The building was first listed as Grade II on 29 June 1984.
The available records establish the construction date, tower form, derelict condition, and listed status, but they do not identify the final working date or a detailed machinery history.
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
South Luffenham Windmill stands on Station Road at South Luffenham. The supplied coordinates identify this site rather than Uppingham. The mill was built in 1832, a date recorded on a stone tablet over the west door.
It was a tower corn mill. The surviving structure is built of coursed rubble stone with red brick eaves. Heritage records state that no roof or floors remain, while later photographic records describe the mill as derelict.
The windmill was first listed as Grade II on 29 June 1984. Specialist windmill records and industrial heritage records both identify the surviving tower at Station Road and provide the same coordinate location. A modern county museum account notes South Luffenham among the surviving Rutland tower mills and identifies it as derelict.
The consulted sources do not establish when the mill ceased work, nor do they provide a full account of millers, ownership, cap, sails, gearing, or stones. The positive evidence supports a clear record of a dated early nineteenth-century tower mill surviving as a roofless listed shell.
Timeline
1984
Listed building status recorded
South Luffenham Windmill was first listed as a Grade II listed building.
2007
Derelict tower photographed
The surviving tower mill on Station Road was photographed as a derelict structure.
Sources and records
Historic England National Heritage List for England entry: The Windmill, South Luffenham
Heritage Gateway record: The Windmill, South Luffenham
Windmill World entry: South Luffenham windmill, Rutland
Industrial History Online record: Tower windmill, Station Road, South Luffenham
Rutland County Museum article: Windmills of my Mind
Historic England Archive photographic record: The Windmill, South Luffenham
Heritage Gateway record: The Windmill, South Luffenham
Windmill World entry: South Luffenham windmill, Rutland
Industrial History Online record: Tower windmill, Station Road, South Luffenham
Rutland County Museum article: Windmills of my Mind
Historic England Archive photographic record: The Windmill, South Luffenham