Hewson's Mill Barton-upon-Humber · Lincolnshire · England

Hewson's Mill is one of Barton-upon-Humber's surviving tower mills. It was built in 1813 for Robert Cook of Barton as an eight-storey tower corn mill. The mill had four sails and was fitted with Sutton's patent gravitated sails, a significant nineteenth-century sail arrangement associated with Lincolnshire milling technology.

The mill became associated with the Hewson family in the nineteenth century. George Hewson took over the mill around 1849, and Elam Hewson followed around 1868. Local historical material records the Hewson family's connection with the mill from about 1840 into the mid twentieth century. Historic photographs from around 1910 show the mill as a tall working tower with sails, while later images record the tower in disused condition.

A major change came during the First World War, when the sails were removed. The mill did not immediately lose all working function, because it continued to operate by engine power after the loss of wind-driven sails. Its later working life ended in the mid twentieth century, after which the building became disused and increasingly derelict.

Hewson's Mill is protected as a Grade II listed building under the listing name Windmill and Adjacent House to West. In the twenty-first century the former mill became the subject of redevelopment and conversion proposals. Planning material from 2019 and 2021 records consent for demolition of later outbuildings, conversion of the mill tower to a dwelling, and construction of associated new housing. The surviving tower remains an important built reminder of Barton-upon-Humber's industrial and corn-milling landscape.