Windmill through the Window

Situated in the pretty village of Heckington, Lincolnshire is this unique eight-sailed working mill that produces stone ground flour by wind power.

Originally built in 1830 as a five-sailer, a violent thunderstorm blew off the cap and sails and it was repaired in 1892 with the cap and eight sails from a windmill in Boston.

This outstanding example of Victorian engineering was again restored in 2004

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