Drainage Mill At Spinney Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Boston local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 April 1988. Mill.

Drainage Mill At Spinney Farm

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Boston
Country
England
Date first listed
5 April 1988
Type
Mill
Source
Historic England listing

Description

TF 24 NW AMBERHILL CLAYDIKE BANK (west side)

3/13 Drainage mill at Spinney Farm

II

Drainage tower mill. c.1800, converted to steam power late C19. Red brick, tarred, facetted slate roof, with lead dressings. Circular plan. Squat tower reduced to half its former height, with single planked door. To the right a large timber scoopwheel with iron bands, and each spoke numbered, is set in a narrow splayed channel and mounted on a large grit stone block. On the left an iron flywheel for driving by a traction engine. Not inspected internally. This is the only remaining pumping windmill on Holland Fen and was in use, driven by a tractor, until about 1960. Source: P. Dolman.

Listing NGR: TF2293346049

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