Site overview

Hicklam Mill is a former tower windmill at Aberford, near Lotherton. It is probably eighteenth century in date and is built of limestone blocks. The circular tower tapers through four stages including a basement, with a cart opening, doorways and small windows.

The windmill was later disused and has been converted to residential use. It is listed at Grade II.

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History

Hicklam Mill was built as a limestone tower windmill at Aberford, near Lotherton. The tower is probably eighteenth century in date and has a circular tapering form. It rises through four stages including a basement. The north-west side has a low segmental arch for cart access to the basement, with a doorway to the ground-floor stage above and to one side. A further doorway on the opposite side gave access to the second stage, and small rectangular and square windows survive at different levels. The upper rubble-masonry stage may have been rebuilt.

The windmill became disused and later survived as a converted structure. It was listed at Grade II on 5 November 1986. The former tower mill now survives as a converted former windmill at Hicklam Mill, retaining the main stone tower form of the eighteenth-century milling structure.

Timeline

Residential conversion

The former tower windmill was converted for residential use.
1700–1799

Limestone tower mill built

The limestone tower windmill was probably built in the eighteenth century.
1934

Disused tower photographed

The tower stood in a state of disrepair without cap or sails by 1934.
1986

Grade II listing

Hicklam Mill was listed at Grade II.

Sources and records

Historic England National Heritage List entry: Hicklam Mill, Lotherton cum Aberford
Windmill World entry: Hicklam Mill, Aberford
Industrial History Online entry: Hicklam Mill
University of Kent Muggeridge Collection entry: Hicklam Mill, Aberford
List of windmills in West Yorkshire