Maud Foster Windmill And Granary

Maud Foster Windmill and granary is a tower mill and granary built in 1819, which was repaired and restored in 1988. It was commissioned by Isaac Beckitts of Wainfleet. The structure is made of gault brick with a red brick granary and features a pantile roof. The mill tower has seven stages and is topped with a painted timber and canvas ogee cap that includes five full sails and a fan tail.

On the exterior, there is a cantilevered timber balcony supported by timber brackets, featuring a cross motif balustrade, located at the third floor. The ground floor has a pair of planked doors accessed by three stone steps. Each stage of the tower includes Yorkshire sash windows with segmental heads. Adjacent to the mill is a three-storey, four-bay granary made of red brick, which has a hipped pantile roof and brick dog-toothed eaves. Each floor of the granary has a pair of planked doors on the left, with a single Yorkshire sash window beyond on the left and a pair on the right. The roof features a 20th-century timber planked and gabled lucam supported by timber brackets, and all openings have brick segmental heads.

Inside, the windmill retains its original floor beams, repaired stair ladders, and complete mill machinery dating from 1819, made by Norman and Smithson of Hull. The mill has eight sets of stones and is in full working order.