1545
Earlier mill recorded on site
Historic England records that a mill was present on the site in 1545.
Site overview
Mill is the Historic England listed name for the former windmill on Duxford Road, Ickleton. The official list entry describes it as an early nineteenth-century tower mill, converted in the twentieth century to a dwelling. It is built of red brick, rendered, with the cap replaced by a polygonal corrugated-iron roof.
The tower has three storeys, three casement windows with segmental heads, and a north-facing main entrance with a boarded door. Historic England records that the mill was in use around 1900 and had been converted to a house by 1925. The same entry notes that a mill was recorded on the site in 1545.
Mills Archive identifies it as a wind-powered corn mill, while Windmill World records it as Ickleton tower mill, house converted. The surviving building is a converted tower-mill structure rather than a complete working windmill.
Map
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No site photograph is currently available. Images will be added as field visits are carried out.
History
The former tower mill at Ickleton is officially listed by Historic England as Mill, with the statutory address Mill, Duxford Road. Specialist mill sources identify it as Ickleton tower mill. The listed building entry records that a mill existed on the site in 1545, giving the location a much longer milling history than the surviving tower itself.
The present structure is described as an early nineteenth-century tower mill, built of red brick and rendered. It has three storeys and was later converted to a dwelling. The original cap has been replaced by a polygonal corrugated-iron roof, and the exterior includes three casement windows with segmental heads and a boarded north-facing entrance door.
Historic England records that the mill was still in use around 1900, but that it had been converted to a house by 1925. Mills Archive describes the site as a wind-powered corn mill in the historic county of Cambridgeshire, and Windmill World records the building as a house-converted tower mill. The consulted sources do not provide the builder, millwright, original sail arrangement, cap form, machinery details, working millers or precise closure date.
The principal surviving evidence is the adapted early nineteenth-century tower, now a listed domestic conversion.
Timeline
1800–1832
Tower mill built
Historic England describes the surviving building as an early nineteenth-century tower mill.
1900
Mill still in use
Historic England records the mill as being in use around 1900.
1925
Converted to house by this date
Historic England records that the former mill had been converted to a house by 1925.
1985
Grade II listing
The former tower mill on Duxford Road was listed at Grade II.
Sources and records
Historic England listed building entry for Mill, Ickleton
Historic England Archive photograph of Ickleton tower mill
Mills Archive record for Tower mill, Ickleton
Windmill World entry for Ickleton windmill
Victoria County History source cited by Historic England
Historic England Archive photograph of Ickleton tower mill
Mills Archive record for Tower mill, Ickleton
Windmill World entry for Ickleton windmill
Victoria County History source cited by Historic England