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Windmill 'at risk' after years of neglect

  • Ellis Mill (built 1798) has been added to Historic England’s Heritage at Risk register after damp and damage to its brickwork, cap, fantail and sails.
  • A local rescue group drew about 150 people to a recent meeting and has a business plan to run the mill, but says it needs the council to fund roughly £500,000 of repairs.
  • Lincolnshire County Council — which owns four windmills — is drawing up a windmill strategy and weighing options for each site’s future.
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