Something a bit different

Have you ever stayed in a converted windmill……well here in Yorkshire this experience is waiting for you.

Located in the town of Scarborough, one of the finest examples of a typical seaside town packed full of culture, history and great things to do.  The windmill itself is more than 220 years ago and has been run as a hotel for the past 10 years by the current owners Angel and Roland.

The History of the site
Windmills have been on the site of the Hotel for over 400 years. Windmills played a very important role in the English Civil War. When Scarborough was besieged during the civil war in 1645 a windmill was used by Parliament's General Sir John Meldrum as an artillery observation post.

The present structure of the Windmill Hotel dates originally from 1784 when Thomas Robinson was given the bayliffs authority to build a new mill. The sails worked until 1898 when a gas turbine replaced them. The windmill finally stopped grinding corn in 1927 and gradually fell into disrepair. Over the next 60 years the windmill had a variety of uses including storing seed and newspaper distribution.

Fortunately this was rejected and in 1988 Stephen Beecroft and Irene Mapplebeck bought the mill and turned it into a hotel. Tragically Stephen died shortly afterwards and the hotel was bought by Julie and Simon Boddy who developed the owners accommodation within the arches. Please note that the Windmill is now a Grade II Listed Building circa 1784.

The latest chapter in the Windmill’s history was its purchase by the windmill’s present owners Angela and Roland Thompson in 1997. They have, since purchasing the property, undertaken a range of improvements and refurbishments including the toy museum housing Roland's unique collection of contemporary toys. A visit to the Windmill is highly recommended as there is much more information and a series of articles and maps on the recent and not so recent past of the mill including many more fascinating photographs.

This is truly something a little bit different, a unique hotel offering self catering and B&B accommodation.