Heage tower repointed 🌍

Via: Facebook there is information on the repointing work of the tower of Heage windmill:

Fully restored in 2002, the weather had taken its toll on the windmill over the past two decades and extensive repairs have been necessary. Work on the sails and cap were carried out in 2023 and now repair work on the stone tower has been completed. Built from locally quarried stone, wind and rain had eroded the tower allowing water ingress in places and increasing damp in the building. Following consultation with Historic England, a plan to repair and refurbish the stone work was approved and work started last Autumn. Local Heritage Conservationist Andrew Churchman was tasked with carrying out the work returning the mill to how she would have looked in the late 1800s. The work has been principally funded by a Restoration Grant from the Association for Industrial Archaeology (AIA), the national society for industrial heritage, which has supported the study, preservation and presentation of industrial heritage in Britain since 1973. Additional financial support was also received from The Headley Trust.

The work started last autumn, and to facilitate it millwright John Boucher designed a scaffolding platform that hung from the fantail stage and yet still turned to wind with it, allowing the top half of the tower to be worked on. Work on the lower half of the tower then continued in spring and summer 2025.