Pakenham Windmill

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Pakenham Mill
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The restored mill
Pakenham Windmill
Origin
Mill location TL 931 694
Coordinates 52°17′19″N0°49′56″E / 52.28861°N 0.83222°E / 52.28861; 0.83222 Coordinates: 52°17′19″N0°49′56″E / 52.28861°N 0.83222°E / 52.28861; 0.83222
Operator(s)Friends of Pakenham Windmill
Year built1831
Information
Purpose Corn mill
Type Tower mill
StoreysFive storeys
No. of sailsFour Sails
Type of sails Patent sails
Winding Fantail
Fantail bladesEight Blades
Auxiliary power Steam engine
No. of pairs of millstonesThree pairs

Pakenham Mill is a Grade II* listed [1] tower mill at Pakenham, Suffolk, England which has been restored and is maintained in working order.

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History

Pakenham Mill was built in 1831. [2] Clement Goodrich was the miller in 1846, when he took on an apprentice. [3] The mill came into the ownership of the Bryant family in 1885. [4] A steam engine was used as auxiliary power. [5] In 1947, the mill was nearly tail-winded, [6] but the miller managed to turn the cap in time to avoid this happening. The mill was restored in 1950, with a new weatherbeam fitted by Amos Clarke, the Ipswich millwright. At this time the swing-pot neck bearing from Buxhall mill was installed. A second-hand stock from Thurston post mill was fitted at this time and a gallery constructed around the cap. The gallery was based on that at Wendover mill, Buckinghamshire. New sails were also fitted. [4]

Further restoration took place in 1961, aided by grants from Suffolk County Council, the Ministry of Works. The work was conditional on the Bryant family continuing to work the mill. The restoration work was carried out by R Thompson & Sons Ltd, millwrights of Alford, Lincolnshire. The copper covered cap was rebuilt and clad in aluminium for maintenance reasons. A new stock and two new sails were made, and the fantail rebuilt. The mill was struck by lightning in June 1971, a stock being split and a sail damaged. The sack chain saved the mill from being burnt down by giving a route for the lightning to earth. When the mill was repaired, a lightning conductor was added to the mill. [4]

The most recent restoration of Pakenham windmill was completed in May 2000. The £60,000 cost of the work was 80% funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund. The work was carried out by Thompson's of Alford. [7]

Description

Pakenham Mill is a five storey tower mill. It has a domed cap with a gallery and is winded by a fantail. Two of the three pairs of millstones remain. [8] The governors for the millstones are driven by chains instead of the more usual belt. [4]

Millers

Public access

The mill stones Pakenham Windmill - Stones - geograph.org.uk - 2221428.jpg
The mill stones

The mill is open to the public daily "during working hours" for individuals, and by appointment for parties. It is open on both Saturday and Sunday of National Mills Weekend from 14:00 to 17:30. [9]

Culture and media

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References

  1. ↑ Historic England. "PAKENHAM WINDMILL, THIEVES LANE , PAKENHAM, ST EDMUNDSBURY, SUFFOLK (1376861)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 28 May 2009.
  2. ↑ Regan, Dean (1997). Windmills of Suffolk. Suffolk: Dean Regan. p. 60. ISBN   0-9531562-0-6.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "The Tower Mill". Pakenham village website. Retrieved 28 May 2009.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Flint, Brian (1979). Suffolk Windmills. Woodbridge: Boydell. pp. 33, 39, 43, 110. ISBN   0-85115-112-4.
  5. ↑ "Flour Milling". Pakenham village website. Retrieved 28 May 2009.
  6. ↑ A mill is tail-winded when the wind is directly behind the sails. In this situation the fantail will not work.
  7. ↑ "Village News - Pakenham Windmill". Pakenham village website. Retrieved 28 May 2009.
  8. ↑ Dolman, Peter (1978). Windmills in Suffolk. Ipswich: Suffolk Mills Group. p. 44. ISBN   0-9506447-0-6.
  9. ↑ "Pakenham Windmill". Suffolk Mills Group. Retrieved 28 May 2009.
  10. ↑ Durden, J Valentine and Salt, Brian (1938). And now they rest (PAL VHS movie picture). Norwich: East Anglian Film Archive. (original film release)
  11. ↑ Classic TV - Windmill Interlude Film (YouTube)
  12. ↑ "The Peacemaker". Survivors TV series. Retrieved 28 May 2009.
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