Stock Windmill

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Stock Mill
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The restored mill, June 2004
Stock Windmill
Origin
Mill nameStock Mill
Grid reference TQ 698 987
Coordinates 51°39′43″N0°27′22″E / 51.662°N 0.456°E / 51.662; 0.456
Operator(s)Essex County Council
Year builtc1816
Information
Purpose Corn mill
Type Tower
StoreysFive storeys
No. of sailsFour sails
Type of sails Patent sails
Windshaft Cast iron
Winding Fantail
Fantail bladesSix blades
Auxiliary power Internal combustion engine
No. of pairs of millstonesThree pairs
Size of millstones5 feet (1.52 m), 4 feet 7 inches (1.40 m) and 4 feet (1.22 m)

Stock Windmill is a grade II* listed [1] [2] tower mill at Stock, Essex, which has been restored.

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History

Stock Windmill was built circa 1816 joining an existing post mill. In 1845, a second post mill was moved to a site close by. [3] By 1862, the mill had four shuttered sails. [4] The two post mills were demolished c.1890, about which time the millstones were moved down a floor and the drive converted from underdrift to overdrift. A steam engine was added in 1902 and the mill was working by wind until 1930 and afterwards by an internal combustion engine [3] until c.1936. The mill was bought by Essex County Council in 1945 and although preserved, by 1977 it was without the fantail and associated supporting timbers, and down to only one pair of sails. Major repairs were started in 1991 by Vincent Pargeter. A grant from English Heritage part-funded the work. The Friends of Stock Mill were formed in 1993 on completion of the restoration. [5]

Description

The mill is a five-storey tower mill with four single Patent sails It has a boat-shaped cap winded by a six-bladed fantail. The tower is 20 feet 6 inches (6.25 m) internal diameter at ground level and 12 feet 6 inches (3.81 m) internal diameter at curb level. The walls are 22 inches (560 mm) thick to first floor level and 18 inches (460 mm) thick above that. The tower is 40 feet (12.19 m) high overall and the mill is 52 feet (15.85 m) to the top of the cap. [6]

As built, the mill had a stage at first-floor level, four common sails and was winded by hand. [3] It originally drove two pairs of overdrift millstones. [6]

The cast-iron windshaft was probably not made for the mill originally. It carries a 9 feet 4 inches (2.84 m) diameter composite brake wheel with 81 cogs which has been converted from clasp arm construction. This drives a cast-iron wallower with 25 teeth. The cast-iron upright shaft is 5 inches (130 mm) diameter and in three parts, with dog clutches at the fourth and fifth floor. The cast-iron great spur wheel is 5 feet (1.52 m) diameter with 76 cogs. It drove three pairs of underdrift millstones of 5 feet (1.52 m), 4 feet 7 inches (1.40 m) and 4 feet (1.22 m) diameter. [6]

Millers

References for above:- [3]

Public access

Stock Windmill is open on the second Sunday of the month between April and September. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Historic England. "WINDMILL, MILL LANE, STOCK, CHELMSFORD, ESSEX (1264461)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 11 August 2008.
  2. ↑ Historic England. "Windmill, Mill Lane (Grade II*) (1264461)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Farries, Kenneth (1988). Essex Windmills, Millers and Millwrights - Volume Five - A Review by Parishes, S-Z. Edinburgh: Charles Skilton. pp. 40–42. ISBN   0-284-98821-9.
  4. ↑ Farries, Kenneth (1981). Essex Windmills, Millers and Millwrights - Volume One – An Historical Review. London & Edinburgh: Charles Skilton. p. 26. ISBN   0-284-98641-0.
  5. 1 2 "Stock Tower Mill". Stock.org. Retrieved 12 August 2008.
  6. 1 2 3 Farries, Kenneth (1982). Essex Windmills, Millers and Millwrights - Volume Two – A Technical Review. London & Edinburgh: Charles Skilton. pp. 71–75. ISBN   0-284-98637-2.
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