Fort Green Mill, Aldeburgh

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Aldeburgh Windmill
Fort Green Mill, Aldeburgh.jpg
The mill in 2007
Fort Green Mill, Aldeburgh
Origin
Mill nameFort Green Mill
Mill location TM 464 559
Coordinates 52°08′46″N1°36′09″E / 52.14611°N 1.60250°E / 52.14611; 1.60250 Coordinates: 52°08′46″N1°36′09″E / 52.14611°N 1.60250°E / 52.14611; 1.60250
Operator(s)Private
Year built1824
Information
Purpose Corn mill
Type Tower mill
StoreysFour storeys
No. of sailsFour sails
Type of sails Patent sails
Windshaft Cast iron
Winding Fantail
Fantail bladesSix blades
No. of pairs of millstonesTwo pairs

Fort Green Mill is a tower mill at Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England which has been converted to residential accommodation.

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History

The mill c. 1900 Aldeburgh working.jpeg
The mill c. 1900

Fort Green Mill was built in 1824. It was converted into a house in 1902. [1] During the Second World War it was used as a gun emplacement. [2]

It was put up for sale in 2016. [3]

Description

Fort Green Mill is a four-storey tower mill. It had four patent sails and the domed cap was winded by a fantail. It had two pairs of millstones. [4] A photograph of the working mill (above) shows that the sails were double patents carried on a cast-iron windshaft and the fantail had six blades.

Danish inscription on Fort Green Mill Inscription on Fort Green Mill - Aldeburgh.jpg
Danish inscription on Fort Green Mill

There is an inscription in Danish, formerly above one of the doors, now on a wall, "Herren skal bevare din udgang og din indgang". It means "The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in," from Psalm 121 verse 8.

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References

  1. ↑ Regan, Dean (1997). Windmills of Suffolk. Suffolk: Dean Regan. p. 68. ISBN   0-9531562-0-6.
  2. ↑ Cornwell, Richard. "Iconic former windmill on Aldeburgh seafront ready for new owners". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 2020-10-24.
  3. ↑ Cornwell, Richard. "Iconic former windmill on Aldeburgh seafront ready for new owners". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 2020-10-24.
  4. ↑ Dolman, Peter (1978). Windmills in Suffolk. Ipswich: Suffolk Mills Group. p. 42. ISBN   0-9506447-0-6.
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