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 but it is in grave danger of falling down!
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, our millwrights fitted restrainng straps as shown in the photo below. The mill is no longer in danger of toppling over but still needs attention to the major timbers to be sure of its stability and future.
The Trust has raised funds to cover the urgent requirement but to replace the fifty year-old weatherboards that are rotting and leaking will require £17,000 of red cedar boarding. This will give long-lasting, weatherproof walls that will be painted white so the mill will once more stand proud, shining from its dramatic hilltop position on the B1039 at the Western edge of the village.
If you would like to contribute, please go to our Sponsor a Board page. Thank you for helping to save Great Chishill Windmill.
Just before Storm Doris hit the neighbourhood, our millwrights fitted restrainng straps as shown in the photo below. The mill is no longer in danger of toppling over but still needs attention to the major timbers to be sure of its stability and future.
The Trust has raised funds to cover the urgent requirement but to replace the fifty year-old weatherboards that are rotting and leaking will require £17,000 of red cedar boarding. This will give long-lasting, weatherproof walls that will be painted white so the mill will once more stand proud, shining from its dramatic hilltop position on the B1039 at the Western edge of the village.
If you would like to contribute, please go to our Sponsor a Board page. Thank you for helping to save Great Chishill Windmill.
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February 2017
The real work begins!. On the afternoon of the 22nd, millwrights Bill Griffiths and Martin Davies fitted restraining straps to hold the quarter bars tightly to the crosstree. More photos on the News page. |
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