Lelley Windmill

Heritage listing

Details Corn windmill, of tower type, built in 1790 for Peter Sumper (Miller), and later raised in height to six stories. MATERIALS: a tarred red brick windmill tower, all doors and window openings have segmental brick arches, and it retains its timber sheer beam frame, wind shaft, floors and much of its machinery. A brick-built steam-engine room annexe and chimney is situated to the rear. PLAN: a battered circular-plan, with a wide splayed base. EXTERIOR: the windmill is situated to the east of Lelley village. It is a six-storey brick-built tower, with window openings to all floors. The ground-floor forms a wide splayed base with two timber multi-paned Yorkshire-sash sliding windows, a blocked doorway on the southern side, and a doorway closed by a timber stable door that faces north. The first-floor has two window openings, and an iron drive shaft and a pulley wheel project out from the eastern side. Putt holes for the insertion of the beams that would have supported the luffing gallery (a timber gallery on the outside of the mill from which the miller would control the sails) are exposed at the second-floor level and are visible around the circumference of the building. The second-storey has gallery doorways facing west and east, and window openings facing to the north and south. The third-storey has a window opening aligned on each of the cardinal points, while the fourth and fifth-storeys each have two single window openings facing east and west. The curb of the tower is delineated by two projecting brick bands, with the cap ring above, upon which the remains of the cap frame, cast-iron wind shaft, Lincolnshire cross, and the neck bearing rest. The cap, sails and the fan tail are all missing. INTERIOR: the ground-floor has one pair of millstones complete with tun,

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.