For sail! One of Britain’s biggest windmills which boasts three bedrooms and two bathrooms goes on the market for £650,000… CHEAPER than average London house price
- The Maud Foster Windmill is over 200-years-old and located in Lincolnshire
One of Britain’s biggest windmills which boasts three bedrooms and two bathrooms is on the market for £650,000, a figure cheaper than the average house price in London.
The historic property known as the Maud Foster Windmill is over 200-years-old and dominates the skyline over the Lincolnshire market town of Boston.
Standing at over 80ft tall, the seven-storey, five-sail windmill is one of the largest operational windmills in the country.
According to Zoopla, the property has now gone on the market for less than the average price of a London home.
The historic building sports three roomy bedrooms and two large bathrooms, making it an ideal family home nestled on the river banks of the Maud Foster.
One of Britain’s biggest windmills which boasts three bedrooms and two bathrooms is on the market for £650,000, a figure cheaper than the average house price in London
The historic property known as the Maud Foster Windmill is over 200-years-old and dominates the skyline over the Lincolnshire market town of Boston
Two of the building’s seven storeys are currently home to a shop and a flour business, with a former café located on the first floor
In 1987, the mill was bought by James Waterfield and his family who restored it to full working order and turned it into the ‘most productive windmill in England’
According to Zoopla, the property has now gone on the market for less than the average price of a London home
Two of the building’s seven storeys are currently home to a shop and a flour business, with a former café located on the first floor.
The windmill was built in 1819 for Isaac and Thomas Reckitt, who ran it up until 1833 when it was forced to close due to several years of poor harvests.
In 1987, the mill was bought by James Waterfield and his family who restored it to full working order and turned it into the ‘most productive windmill in England.’
It still boasts its original floor beams and mill machinery from 1819 and retains its Yorkshire sash windows and red and gault brick fetaures.
Estate agents Bruce Mather are offering the property for sale for £650,000 for just the mill or £998,800 with the five-bedroom mill next door included.
A spokesperson said: ‘A rare and unique opportunity to buy one of Boston’s most iconic landmarks – the Maud Foster Windmill.
‘Built in 1819 for Isaac and Thomas Reckitt, the Maud Foster Windmill is a seven-storey, five sail windmill located on the banks of the Maud Foster from which it is named.
Estate agents Bruce Mather are offering the property for sale for £650,000 for just the mill or £998,800 with the five-bedroom mill next door included
The historic building sports three roomy bedrooms and two large bathrooms, making it an ideal family home nestled on the river banks of the Maud Foster
The shop and flour business is open to the public on Wednesday and Saturday
Prior to the windmill being purchased by Mr Wakefield in 1987, it was built in 1819 for Isaac and Thomas Reckitt, who ran it up until 1833 when it was forced to close due to several years of poor harvests
‘The Maud Foster is one of the largest operating windmills in England being 80 feet tall to the cap ball, still working and grinding flour to this day.
‘Currently run as a shop and flour business also formally as a café, at the moment it is open to the public on Wednesday and Saturday.
‘There is scope with the former first floor café to perhaps change use, subject to the relevant planning permissions, and open the business on a full-time basis.
‘To the back of the building there is a staircase which winds up several floors with bedrooms off it to an incredible loft style penthouse which is fabulously decorated and some wonderful features, bragging character throughout, currently arranged with three bedrooms.
‘There are two workshops downstairs as well a garden to the back and ample parking to the front.
‘Available to buy on its own or together with the grand five bedroom Mill House (at a discount £998,800) this much loved working building requires a new caretaker to take it through the next few decades of its history.
‘All viewings strictly by appointment’.
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