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Site overview

Sewerby Mill is a former wind-powered tower corn mill near Sewerby and Bridlington. It survived as a derelict tower with cap during the earlier twentieth century and was later converted to a house. The surviving tower remains the principal element of the former mill.

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History

Sewerby Mill was built as a wind-powered tower corn mill near Sewerby. The construction date and detailed working history have not been established. The mill had ceased to work by the twentieth century, when it survived in derelict condition with its cap.

The tower was still recorded with a cap in 1928 and again in 1954. It was later converted to a house, preserving the tower within a domestic use.

Timeline

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Tower mill built

Sewerby Mill was built as a wind-powered tower corn mill.
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Converted to house

The former tower mill was later converted to residential use.
1928

Derelict tower survived

The former mill survived as a derelict tower with cap by 1928.
1954

Tower retained cap

The former windmill tower still retained its cap in October 1954.

Sources and records

Mills Archive photographic catalogue
Windmill Photographic Register
Windmill World site entry
Gregory and Turner: Windmills of Yorkshire