Sails are set to turn again at a 200-year-old Yorkshire windmill after councillors passed plans to fit new and repaired ones to it.
East Riding Council’s western area planning sub-committee approved plans to install the four sails at Skidby Mill which is the last left functioning in the area. Geraldine Mathieson, who worked at the mill and spoke in favour of the plans, said the best way to preserve it was to get it working again. Three objections were lodged claiming the sails were not historically accurate and committee member Coun David Nolan said more needed to be done to protect the Grade II-listed building.
Shades are not set to be fitted to the new sails and no milling will be done because the sails would turn two quickly, putting stress on the whole mechanism. They will instead turn at a slow speed so they can shed water and last longer. The council-owned Grade II-listed mill was first built in 1821 and raised in the late 1870s. The site is one of the East Riding’s leading local tourist attractions and it features a cafe, courtyard and museum.
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