North Mill, Clavering | |
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![]() North Mill, November 2006 | |
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Mill name | North Mill |
Grid reference | TL 466 328 |
Coordinates | 51°58′26″N0°08′10″E / 51.974°N 0.136°E |
Operator(s) | Private |
Year built | 1811 |
Information | |
Purpose | Corn mill |
Type | Tower mill |
Storeys | Five storeys |
No. of sails | Four sails |
Type of sails | Single Patent sails |
Auxiliary power | Oil engine |
No. of pairs of millstones | Three pairs |
South Mill, Clavering | |
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![]() South Mill, November 2006 | |
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Origin | |
Mill name | South Mill |
Grid reference | TL 465 326 |
Coordinates | 51°58′23″N0°07′59″E / 51.973°N 0.133°E |
Operator(s) | Private |
Year built | 1757 |
Information | |
Purpose | Corn mill |
Type | Tower mill |
Storeys | Four storeys |
No. of sails | Four sails |
Type of sails | Spring sails |
Winding | Fantail |
No. of pairs of millstones | Two pairs |
Clavering Windmills are a pair of Grade II listed [1] [2] Tower mills in Clavering, Essex, England. They have both been converted to residential use. They are named North Mill and South Mill. A third mill existed in Clavering until the mid-nineteenth century, known as Clavering Mill.
Clavering Mill was a Post mill. It was marked on a map dated c.1625 and then in the ownership of Sir Francis Barrington. In 1702 it was conveyed to Sir Charles Barrington. The mill was marked on Warburton, Bland and Smyth’s map of 1724. It was marked on a plan of Clavering dated 1783 and also on the 1840 Tithe map of Clavering. White’s Directory of 1848 records three millers in Clavering, the last date at which the post mill can be assumed to have been standing. [3]
North Mill was built for James Pavitt in 1811, working in conjunction with the post mill until 1845. A 16 horsepower (12 kW) oil engine was installed in 1919 by Thomas Hunt, the Soham millwright. The sails were removed about this time, but the mill worked by the engine for many years. [3]
South Mill was built in 1757. The mill was idle in 1906, but then put back to work by its new owner, William Caton. It worked by wind until autumn 1919 and the sails were removed the following spring. No auxiliary power was provided, the mill working by wind alone. [3]
No details are known of this mill, although it would have had Common sails when built. It is not known whether there was a roundhouse or not. [3]
North Mill is a five-storey tower mill with a beehive cap, winded by a fantail. It had four Single Patent sails, which rotated clockwise. The Upright Shaft is wooden, as is the clasp arm Great Spur Wheel, which drove three pairs of millstones overdrift. [3]
South Mill is a four-storey tower mill with a beehive cap with a gallery. It was winded by a fantail It had four Single Spring sails. The mill drove two pairs of French Burr millstones. [3]
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