Drainage Mill at Spinney Farm

DRAINAGE MILL AT SPINNEY FARM, CLAYDIKE BANK

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Overview

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1062012
Date first listed:
05-Apr-1988
Statutory Address:
DRAINAGE MILL AT SPINNEY FARM, CLAYDIKE BANK

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Date:
2001-04-16
Reference:
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1062012
Date first listed:
05-Apr-1988
Statutory Address 1:
DRAINAGE MILL AT SPINNEY FARM, CLAYDIKE BANK

Location

Statutory Address:
DRAINAGE MILL AT SPINNEY FARM, CLAYDIKE BANK

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:
Lincolnshire
District:
Boston (District Authority)
Parish:
Amber Hill
National Grid Reference:
TF 22933 46049

Details

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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Legacy System number:
192066
Legacy System:
LBS

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