We are delighted to announce that our Heritage Partner the Windmill Hill Windmill Trust has been awarded £80,800 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF).
The grant will be used to restore the machinery and sweeps at Windmill Hill Windmill in Sussex. Starting this month, the project will be led by volunteers from the community, who will complete said project in Autumn 2015.
By using these new funds, the mill will be restored so that it grinds flour again. There will be outreach activities, photographic exhibitions and the mill’s social history will be researched.
The Grade II*-listed Windmill Hill Windmill was first built in 1814 and underwent restoration before being opened to the public in 2006.
Windmill Hill Windmill trustee Crispin Freeman had the following to say:
“The initial restoration of the structure of the windmill back in 2001 was funded through a major Heritage Lottery Fund grant, and it is wonderful that this new grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund gives us the opportunity to progress the restoration of the windmill to working order. The public will be thrilled to see the historic technology brought back to life.”
You can read about their success on their website here. Why not congratulate them in the comments section below?