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Tower corn mill in use
Baxter's Mill worked as a wind-powered tower corn mill at Donington.
Site overview
Baxter's Mill is a former tower corn mill on Quadring Road, Donington. It is recorded in specialist mill sources as a wind-powered tower mill with a corn-milling function and is listed at Grade II. Historic England records the listed building as Windmill, Quadring Road, Donington.
The mill formed part of the South Holland village milling landscape and survives as a protected former windmill structure. The public record establishes the mill's identity, location, type, corn-milling function, and listed status, while surviving historic photographs preserve its later appearance.
Map
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No site photograph is currently available. Images will be added as field visits are carried out.
History
Baxter's Mill stands on Quadring Road at Donington. It was a wind-powered tower corn mill, one of the substantial brick-built mills that served the agricultural settlements of South Holland. Specialist windmill catalogues identify it as Baxter's Mill and record its function as a corn mill.
The surviving building is protected as a Grade II listed structure. The listed-building record identifies it as Windmill, Quadring Road, Donington, and Historic England photographs preserve the building as part of the Images of England photographic survey. The mill's detailed working chronology is less fully recorded in public summaries, but its core historical identity is clear. It was Donington's tower corn mill and remains a visible reminder of the village's wind-powered milling history.
Timeline
1988
Grade II listed building designation
The windmill on Quadring Road was listed at Grade II on 13 January 1988.
2004
Listed windmill photographed
The former windmill on Quadring Road was photographed for the Images of England project.
Sources and records
Historic England listed building entry
Historic England Images of England photograph
Mills Archive site record
Windmill World site entry
Lincolnshire Windmills by Peter Dolman
Historic England Images of England photograph
Mills Archive site record
Windmill World site entry
Lincolnshire Windmills by Peter Dolman