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Site overview

Skelton Windmill was built in 1822 as a limestone tower windmill. It was used for corn milling and later converted to residential use. The seven-storey tapering tower survives without cap or sails, with wrought-iron railings at the top and evidence for a former external platform at second-storey level.

Its raised entrance carries the date 1822 on the lintel. The mill was listed at Grade II in 1987.

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History

Skelton Windmill was built in 1822 on the B6265 at Skelton-on-Ure. It was a corn tower mill of coursed squared limestone, rising through seven storeys as a tapering tower. A flight of ten steps led to a raised west-side entrance, whose lintel carries the date 1822.

The building had tiers of small windows, including seven tiers on the east side, and two rows of socket holes at second-storey level mark the position of a former external platform giving access to the sails. The cap, sails, and tail pole had been removed before listing, but the tower remained substantially complete. Wrought-iron railings at the top suggest later use as a viewing tower after milling ceased.

The former mill was listed at Grade II on 29 October 1987 and has since been converted to residential use.

Timeline

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Viewing tower use

Railings at the top indicate later use as a viewing tower after milling ceased.
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Residential conversion

The former windmill was converted to residential use.
1822

Skelton Windmill built

The seven-storey limestone tower windmill was built with the date 1822 incised on the entrance lintel.
1987

Grade II listing

The former windmill tower was listed at Grade II.

Sources and records

Historic England National Heritage List entry: Skelton Windmill
Windmill World entry: Skelton on Ure windmill
Mills Archive catalogue entry: Skelton Mill, Skelton-on-Ure
Wikishire entry: Kirby Hill