1867
Tower mill replaced post mill
The present tower mill replaced an earlier post mill on the same site.
Site overview
Sykehouse Mill is a former wind-powered corn mill in the parish of Sykehouse. The present tower replaced an earlier post mill on the site in 1867. It is a five-storey truncated cone of red brick, later altered with windows, a roof, and domestic use.
The mill had lost its original superstructure by the time of listing and was converted into a substantial dwelling in 1972. It is Grade II listed as the Tower Mill Structure at the Mill.
Map
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No site photograph is currently available. Images will be added as field visits are carried out.
History
Sykehouse Mill stands at Topham in the parish of Sykehouse. A post mill previously occupied the site, and the present tower mill replaced it in 1867. The tower was built as a wind-powered corn mill.
It is a five-storey truncated cone of red brick laid in English garden wall bond. Later domestic alteration added a slated roof, twentieth-century casement windows, a porch canopy, and a glazed lantern at the roof apex. The tower has a doorway on the east side, windows to the upper storeys with curved sills and flat arches with tile dripcourses, a cogged band beneath an oversailing parapet, and no original windmill superstructure.
The mill was converted into a substantial dwelling in 1972. It was designated as a Grade II listed building in 1987 and remains incorporated into domestic use.
Timeline
1972
Converted to dwelling
The tower mill was converted into a substantial dwelling.
1987
Grade II listing
The tower mill structure was designated as a Grade II listed building.
Sources and records
Historic England National Heritage List entry
Windmill World site entry
Mills Archive catalogue entries
Museu.ms image record
Windmill World site entry
Mills Archive catalogue entries
Museu.ms image record