Welcome to Great Chishill Windmill Trust Ltd
A not-for-profit organisation and registered charity dedicated to saving our windmill
The windmill at Chishill is one of only seven open trestle postmills in the UK. 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.
October 2019
Our Windmill is ‘Saved’
David McKeown of the Great Chishill Windmill Trust reports.
On Thursday October 17th, Historic England (HE) published its listing of Heritage at Risk for 2019. Prominent in the press release was this:
“Saved – Little Chishill Mill, Great and Little Chishill, South Cambridgeshire
…The Great Chishill Windmill Trust has carried out three phases of renovation with grant support from Historic England and the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings. The local community is passionate about its history - funds were raised to repair Little Chishill Mill at the same time as fundraising campaigns to replace the roof of Little Chishill Church and to repair the parish church. The Mill has now been removed from the Heritage at Risk Register.”
We should all pat ourselves on the back for congratulations like that from HE. A huge ‘thank you!’ to all who helped in whatever way.
Local media picked up on the story. The windmill was the setting for About Anglia’s piece on the work of HE; the Royston Crow featured our restoration on its front page where it was contrasted with the new listing of St John the Baptist Church, Royston after the fire; and Radio Cambridgeshire conducted interviews with both our Trust and Great Gransden Windmill Trust.
There is still work to be done on the mill, of course. We are awaiting connection of the tailfan to the wheels and then a continuous campaign to keep our mill in fine fettle for the next 120 years begins. There is also that dream of restoring the internal machinery so that we can grind grain once more! But the publicly announced recognition by Historic England of a job well done is very good reason for us all feel proud!
Our Windmill is ‘Saved’
David McKeown of the Great Chishill Windmill Trust reports.
On Thursday October 17th, Historic England (HE) published its listing of Heritage at Risk for 2019. Prominent in the press release was this:
“Saved – Little Chishill Mill, Great and Little Chishill, South Cambridgeshire
…The Great Chishill Windmill Trust has carried out three phases of renovation with grant support from Historic England and the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings. The local community is passionate about its history - funds were raised to repair Little Chishill Mill at the same time as fundraising campaigns to replace the roof of Little Chishill Church and to repair the parish church. The Mill has now been removed from the Heritage at Risk Register.”
We should all pat ourselves on the back for congratulations like that from HE. A huge ‘thank you!’ to all who helped in whatever way.
Local media picked up on the story. The windmill was the setting for About Anglia’s piece on the work of HE; the Royston Crow featured our restoration on its front page where it was contrasted with the new listing of St John the Baptist Church, Royston after the fire; and Radio Cambridgeshire conducted interviews with both our Trust and Great Gransden Windmill Trust.
There is still work to be done on the mill, of course. We are awaiting connection of the tailfan to the wheels and then a continuous campaign to keep our mill in fine fettle for the next 120 years begins. There is also that dream of restoring the internal machinery so that we can grind grain once more! But the publicly announced recognition by Historic England of a job well done is very good reason for us all feel proud!
Check our News page for more details of our work.
