Welcome to Great Chishill Windmill Trust Ltd
A not-for-profit organisation dedicated to saving our windmill
The windmill at Chishill is one of only five surviving open trestle postmills in the country. It is in urgent need of restoration to save it from collapse and preserve it for future generations.
Great Chishill Windmill Trust now has this in hand.
The mill is owned by Cambridgeshire County Council but it has no resources to maintain the mill so proposed in 2011 to sell it by auction. The villagers could not see this icon of our industrial past lost so negotiated a 125 year lease on it and received permission to raise money to carry out work to preserve the mill.
Just before Storm Doris hit the neighbourhood in February 2017, our millwrights fitted restraining straps to the trestle. The mill is no longer in danger of toppling over but attention has turned to the major timbers that need extensive repair to ensure the mill's stability and future.
The Trust has raised funds to cover the urgent requirement and is running a successful campaign to seek £17,000 for red cedar boarding to give long-lasting, weatherproof walls. If you would like to contribute, please go to our Sponsor a Board page. Thank you for helping to save Great Chishill Windmill.
The mill looks in a sorry state as timbers are exposed, rot is cut away and repairs are made, but the work will give the building a strength that will once more see it stand proud, shining from its dramatic hilltop position on the B1039 at the Western edge of the village.
Just before Storm Doris hit the neighbourhood in February 2017, our millwrights fitted restraining straps to the trestle. The mill is no longer in danger of toppling over but attention has turned to the major timbers that need extensive repair to ensure the mill's stability and future.
The Trust has raised funds to cover the urgent requirement and is running a successful campaign to seek £17,000 for red cedar boarding to give long-lasting, weatherproof walls. If you would like to contribute, please go to our Sponsor a Board page. Thank you for helping to save Great Chishill Windmill.
The mill looks in a sorry state as timbers are exposed, rot is cut away and repairs are made, but the work will give the building a strength that will once more see it stand proud, shining from its dramatic hilltop position on the B1039 at the Western edge of the village.
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September 2017
Now for the complicated stuff! Our millwrights had to construct an internal support structure and jack up the sail assembly to lift out the rotted weather beam for repair. More photos on the News page. |
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