Thanks to Deborah Elliott for these fantastic pictures. The first image shows the Windmill, which is estimated to be about 358-years-old, in a state of disrepair in 1970 and the second shows it fully restored to preserve its unique wooden machinery.

Lacey Green windmill stands on the escarpment of the Chiltern Hills, near Princes Risborough and halfway between High Wycombe and Aylesbury. Since 1971 it has been restored back to working order by members of The Chiltern Society. The 1970 picture below shows the sad condition it had reached. The windmill dates from around 1650, making this the oldest smock windmill in the country.

All the restoration work has been done by volunteers, led by Christopher Wallis, who devised the methods by which the collapsing mill could be straightened, strengthened and made watertight to survive into the future.

Volunteers open the windmill to the public on at least 25 afternoons each year.

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