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Site overview

Colton Mill is a former tower windmill at Colton Mill Farm on Bullerthorpe Lane, Leeds. The mill is Grade II listed and survives as a converted former windmill structure. It was originally worked by sails until the mid-nineteenth century and later adapted after wind-powered working ended.

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History

Colton Mill was built as a tower windmill at Colton Mill Farm on Bullerthorpe Lane. The mill originally worked by sails until the middle of the nineteenth century. It later ceased wind-powered operation and survived as a converted former mill tower.

The building was listed at Grade II in 1970, with a later amendment to the listing in 1996. The former windmill remains at Colton Mill Farm as one of the surviving tower-mill structures in the Leeds area.

Timeline

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Tower windmill built

Colton Mill was built as a tower windmill at Colton Mill Farm.
1850

Wind working ended

The mill worked by sails until the middle of the nineteenth century.
1970

Grade II listing

Colton Mill was listed at Grade II.

Sources and records

Historic England National Heritage List entry
Windmill World site entry
Mills Archive mill record
List of windmills in West Yorkshire
East Leeds local history article