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Maud Foster Mill, Willoughby Road, Boston, Lincolnshire: the five-sailer tower mill with ogee cap

RIBA Ref No RIBA14905
Architect/DesignerNorman & Smithson
Artist/PhotographerSmith, Edwin (1912-1971)
CountryUK: England
CityBoston
Subject Date1819
Image Date1956
ViewExterior
StyleGeorgian
MediumPhotoprint
Library ReferenceESP/ENG/1009 (ES3466)
OrientationPortrait
Colour InfoBlack and white
CreditEdwin Smith / RIBA Collections
SubjectWindmills ; Brickwork ; Mills ; Canals
NOTES: Built for Thomas and Isaac Reckitt in 1819 by the Hull millwrights Norman & Smithson, this windmill ground corn that was brought in by barge along the Maud Foster Sluice, built by John Rennie in 1807. It was a working mill until it was closed in 1942. The windmill was preserved as a landmark in 1953.
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