Foster's Butchers Shop, Stafford

Description:Broad Eye corn mill was built in 1796 using stones taken from the Old Town Hall (now replaced by the Shire Hall). The miller lived in a house next door.

In 1845 steam power was introduced and the sails were removed in the 1890s, after the mill had stopped working. The building was then used as a warehouse for grain and, later, by James Marsh, a mineral water manufacturer.

In 1925 the lower floors were converted into a butcher shop, owned by Mr G. Foster; by 1932 it had become Palmer's greengrocers.

In the 1940s the building stood empty and fell into a decline; in 1951 the windmill was declared a Grade II listed building.