Maud Foster Windmill

Maud Foster Windmill
Photograph of Maud Foster Mill
Maud Foster Mill, January 2008
Map
Origin
Mill locationBoston, Lincolnshire
Coordinates52°59′01″N 0°01′04″W / 52.9835°N 0.0178°W / 52.9835; -0.0178
Operator(s)James Waterfield
Year built1819
Information
PurposeCorn mill
TypeTower mill
StoreysSeven storey
No. of sailsFive
Type of sailsPatent sails
WindshaftCast iron
WindingFantail
Fantail bladesEight blades
No. of pairs of millstonesThree pairs

Maud Foster Windmill is a seven-storey, five sail windmill located by the Maud Foster Drain in Skirbeck, Boston, Lincolnshire, from which she is named. She is one of the largest operating windmills in England being 80 feet (24.38 m) tall to the cap ball.

The tower mill and adjoining granary is grade I listed building. The mill was built in 1819 for Isaac and Thomas Reckitt of Wainfleet. It was repaired and restored in 1988.[1]

  1. ^ Historic England, "Maud Foster Windmill and Granary (1389071)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 29 June 2014