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Tollerton Mill is a former wind-powered corn tower mill on Newton Road, Tollerton. It was built in 1815 and worked as a grain mill into the twentieth century. By 1942 it remained in operation and has been described as the last working windmill in Yorkshire.

Twentieth-century views show the mill with one sail missing and later with the cap frame exposed. The mill was subsequently converted to a dwelling and survives as a residential windmill conversion.

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History

Tollerton Mill was built in 1815 as a wind-powered corn tower mill. It stood on Newton Road at Tollerton and continued as a grain mill into the twentieth century. During the 1930s and 1940s the mill retained much of its windmill form, although one sail was missing by the early 1940s.

In 1942 the mill was in the process of dismantling, with one sail already lowered to the ground. Later views show the tower with the cap frame exposed. The mill continued working until 1942, when it was regarded as the last working windmill in Yorkshire.

After its working life ended, the tower was converted into a dwelling. It survives as a substantial residential conversion of an early nineteenth-century tower mill.

Timeline

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Converted to dwelling

The former tower mill was converted into a dwelling.
1815

Tower mill built

The tower mill was built as a wind-powered corn mill.
1942

Final working year

The grain mill continued in operation until 1942.
1942

Sail dismantling underway

One sail had been lowered to the ground while dismantling of the windmill was in progress.

Sources and records

Windmill World site entry
Mills Archive catalogue entries
Windmill Photographic Register
Savills property particulars
Rightmove property particulars