Windmill at Windmill Farm

The windmill at Windmill Farm is a late 18th to early 19th century tower windmill, with alterations made in the 19th and 20th centuries. It is located approximately 1.2 kilometers north-by-northwest of Old Malton village, situated centrally within a rectangular farmstead. The associated farm buildings are not considered to be of particular interest and are excluded from the listing.

The windmill is constructed of fair-faced orange brick with a conical slate roof and timber floors. It features battered circular-plan walls and sits on a circular brick foundation bed. The ground floor is raised approximately 1 meter above ground level and is accessed on the east side through a double plank door opening onto a raised, brick-built loading platform. This platform has a Yorkstone surface that has been resurfaced with concrete and is approached by steps with stone treads. A two-light timber window is on the south side of the ground floor, with a slightly off-centre, blocked window to the west. The first floor has a former doorway on the south side, partially blocked to form a narrow rectangular window. A narrow notch in the brickwork above this doorway suggests a possible location for a timber gibbet used for raising or lowering sacks of corn. The second floor has two blocked window openings, and the third floor is under the eaves with two window positions; one, on the northeast, is boarded over, and the other, on the south, is blocked. There is no evidence of putt holes for a luffing gallery. The original cap, sails, and fan tail are missing, having been replaced by a conical Welsh slate-clad roof, topped by a lead cap finial.

Inside, the ground-floor double plank door is latched by a finger latch. A secondary, butt-jointed brick chimney stack rises against the north wall, extending only to the soffit of the first floor. A secondary timber stair serves the first-floor. A mid-20th century steel frame supports a corn milling machine, suspended from the ceiling beams, with modern electrical switchgear to the left and a grain sump in the concrete floor to the right. A mid-20th century timber grain bin is positioned against the west wall above the milling machine, with a galvanized steel auger pipe alongside. Timber handrails safeguard the stair opening to the first floor. Four substantial timber bearing blocks are attached to the ceiling joists, roughly aligned to the cardinal points. Ladders to the second and third floors are absent, though a timber handrail remains on the second floor. Two cast-iron sack pulley blocks are set into the soffit of the ceiling. No original windmill machinery remains.