The Windmill at Ugthorpe was erected in 1796 on the site of an earlier structure. A fixed tower mill with automatic fan wheel for turning the unusual cap into the wind. When advertised for sale in 1860 it contained two pairs of mill stones; one French, one Grey. Subsequent owners were Mr C. Walker, Robert Dobson (Senior), Robert Dobson (Junior), Mr Wilkinson; and taken over by Eric Stonehouse of Wakefield. Today it still stands but not as a windmill. Information from ”Yorkshire Windmills” by Alan Whitworth. This photograph taken in 1954 by Alan Richardson, since then the sails and top have gone; it is now a private residence. Alan Gifford has advised: ”Ugthorpe windmill had roller reeling sails, where blind like shutters could be automatically opened and closed, all at the same time.”
Image courtesy of Alan Richardson and many thanks to Alan Gifford for the update.
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