Nottingham: Cash boost to repair 19th Century windmill

Green's Windmill has had to undergo various repairs since it was reopened to the public in the 1980s

A city windmill more than 200 years old will get nearly £700,000 for repairs to make it fully operational again.

Green's Mill, in Sneinton, Nottingham, is one of a few city-central, working, windmills remaining in the UK.

The city's Grade II-listed structure is among five organisations in the East Midlands set to receive a share of almost £3m from the government's Cultural Investment Fund.

A library and museum are also among the organisations to receive the cash.

The windmill, which dates back to the 1800s, will receive £685,104.

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport said this would allow it to become fully operational again, after a programme of repairs to the mill sails and machinery, as well as other parts of the building.

The 19th-Century site was owned and operated by mathematician George Green, whose father built the windmill.

It was abandoned in 1862, and eventually restored and reopened to the public in the 1980s.

Nottinghamshire County Council's cultural services are also due to receive £178,500 to modernise Hucknall Library.

Leicester City Council's neighbourhood services will get £130,000 to install new heating controls in some of its libraries.

The authority said this would make buildings more energy efficient.