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. In 2011 it was 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.
2017 saw a huge amount of work carried out to restore the mill - rather more than had been originally intended!
We are indebted to Historic England for a very significant grant and to SPAB, South Cambs Community Chest and the Parish Council for their notable contributions. The local community and Friends of the mill made key contributions to all our initiatives, including Sponsor a Board, Recipe Book Sales, Dance Classes and many more.
The year concluded with all structural timbers trimmed to solid material and re-faced with new oak, the structure stabilised with discrete addition of steel reinforcement, the rear porch fully restored and new weatherboarding fitted.
In May 2018, we completed the buck with extra covering for the roof to ensure long-term water-tightness and Listed Building Consent had been applied for to cover a further phase of work on the tailfan assembly and sails. Our progress can be seen in our Gallery under 'Restoration Photographs'.
LATEST - JUNE 2018
We are urgently seeking expressions of interest from millwrights willing to carry out a full repair of the tailfan, its superstructure, drive mechanism and carriage with the intention of achieving automatic winding. Repair to a stock and remounting of sail frames is also required.
Please contact dm@greatchishillwindmill.com before 13 July 2018 for further details and tendering documentation.
We are indebted to Historic England for a very significant grant and to SPAB, South Cambs Community Chest and the Parish Council for their notable contributions. The local community and Friends of the mill made key contributions to all our initiatives, including Sponsor a Board, Recipe Book Sales, Dance Classes and many more.
The year concluded with all structural timbers trimmed to solid material and re-faced with new oak, the structure stabilised with discrete addition of steel reinforcement, the rear porch fully restored and new weatherboarding fitted.
In May 2018, we completed the buck with extra covering for the roof to ensure long-term water-tightness and Listed Building Consent had been applied for to cover a further phase of work on the tailfan assembly and sails. Our progress can be seen in our Gallery under 'Restoration Photographs'.
LATEST - JUNE 2018
We are urgently seeking expressions of interest from millwrights willing to carry out a full repair of the tailfan, its superstructure, drive mechanism and carriage with the intention of achieving automatic winding. Repair to a stock and remounting of sail frames is also required.
Please contact dm@greatchishillwindmill.com before 13 July 2018 for further details and tendering documentation.
Check our News page for more details of our work.
