| White Roding Mill | |
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 The mill in 2009 | |
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| Origin | |
| Mill name | White Roding Mill |
| Mill location | TL 563 131 |
| Coordinates | 51°47′40″N0°16′01″E / 51.794487°N 0.266881°E /51.794487; 0.266881 |
| Operator(s) | Private |
| Year built | 1877 |
| Information | |
| Purpose | Corn mill |
| Type | Tower mill |
| Storeys | Five storeys |
| No. of sails | Four sails |
| Type of sails | Patent sails |
| Windshaft | Cast iron |
| Winding | Fantail |
| Fantail blades | Six Blades |
| Auxiliary power | Engine |
| No. of pairs of millstones | Two pairs |
White Roding Windmill is aGrade II listed preservedtower mill atWhite Roding,Essex, England.[1]
White Roding Windmill was built in 1877, replacing apost mill which had stood on the site since 1609. The post mill was destroyed on 1 January 1877 when the main post broke in a gale as the miller had too much cloth spread on theCommon sails.[2] A new tower mill was built by Whitmore's theWickham Market,Suffolkmillwrights[3] to replace the post mill. The mill worked by wind until 1926, and then by engine until 1931. The lease on the mill expired that year and was not renewed. In 1937, the mill was purchased by the actorMichael Redgrave, passing to a company inBarrow-in-Furness in 1946. During the 1950s, the mill was derelict and threatened with demolition on more than one occasion. In the 1970s,millwrights Philip Barrett-Lennard and Vincent Pargeter built a new cap for the mill.[2]
White Roding windmill is a five-storey brick tower mill which had anogee cap winded by a six bladedFantail. It had fourPatent sails carried on acast iron windshaft. The only remaining piece of machinery is the Brake Wheel,[2] which is 9 feet 3 inches (2.82 m) diameter[4] with 115 cogs. All other machinery was removed shortly after theSecond World War.[2]
The tower is 42 feet (12.80 m) high, 22 feet 6 inches (6.86 m) diameter at the base and 13 feet 6 inches (4.11 m) diameter at the curb. The walls are 26 inches (660 mm) thick at the base. The mill is 50 feet (15.24 m) to the top of the cap. The mill drove two pairs of underdriftmillstones.[2]
Reference for above:-[2]
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