Terling Windmill

Terling Windmill (TL 764 150 Coord|51.806|0.559|display=inline|format=dms) is a grade II listedcite web| url= http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?pid=2&id=115482| publisher =English Heritage| title = THE WINDMILL, MILL LANE, TERLING, BRAINTREE, ESSEX| accessdate= 2008-07-17] Smock mill at Terling, Essex, England which has been converted to residential use.

History

"Terling Windmill" was built here c1818. It is said to have been originally built at Cressing c1770, but this has neither been proved nor disproved. Originally it was a bark mill, but was advertised for sale in 1818 as “new built” and “may be converted to corn grinding at an inconsiderable expense” The mill may have been built here by Chappell, a millwright from Witham. cite book | first = Kenneth| last = Farries| year = 1988| month = | title = Essex Windmills, Millers and Millwrights - Volume Five- A Review by Parishes, S-Z| pages 45-46| publisher = Charles Skilton| location = Weston-Super-Mare| id = ISBN 0 284 98821 9]

In 1935, the mill was damaged in a gale and lost its fantail.The mill was working by wind until 1949, and afterwards by external power. On 30 August 1950, the miller was trapped in the machinery and killed, despite the best efforts of the fire brigade to rescue him. Thus the working life of the mill ended. The mill was house converted in 1970, with the major machinery being retained, and its external appearance restored.

Description

"Terling Windmill" is a four storey smock mill on a single storey brick base. A stage was not used. The mill had four double Patent sails and the domed cap was winded by a fantail. When the mill was working, it had a tarred smock with a white cap. After conversion, the mill was painted white, with the cap clad in aluminium sheets.

Mill

"Terling Windmill" has an octagonal single storey brick base. The walls of which are convert|28|in|mm|0 thick at ground level. The base is convert|21|ft|6|in|m|2 across the flats and convert|9|ft|6|in|m|2 high. The brickwork at the top of the base is about convert|17|in|mm|0 thick. cite book | first = Kenneth| last = Farries| year = 1984| month = | title = Essex Windmills, Millers and Millwrights - Volume Two - A Technical Review| pages = p65-68| publisher = Charles Skilton| location = Edinburgh| id = ISBN 0 284 98637 2]

The smock shows signs of having been dismantled and transported in sections at some point, with the cant posts being newer than the framing. The tower is convert|35|ft|4|in|m|2 to the curb, and the domed cap rises convert|10|ft|10|in|m|2 above the curb to the underside of the finial, giving the mill an overall height of about convert|56|ft|m|2.

ails and windshaft

"Terling Windmill" has a cast iron windshaft and four double Patent sails. The last working pair of sails came from Victoria Road mill, Diss, Norfolk, having originally been on the post mill at Framlingham, Suffolk. The sail have a span of convert|74|ft|m|2.

Machinery

The wooden Brake Wheel is of clasp arm construction, convert|10|ft|8|in|m|2 diameter, with 96 cogs. This drives an iron Wallower of convert|5|ft|4|in|m|2 with 47 cogs. At the lower end of the convert|25|ft|m|2 long wooden Upright Shaft is the clasp arm Great Spur Wheel, which has 108 cogs, and drove three pairs of millstones. The two pairs of French Burr stones being driven by Stone Nuts with 26 cogs, whilst the Peak stones were driven by a Stone Nut with 25 cogs.

Fantail

"Terling Windmill" was winded by an eight-bladed fantail, driving an iron worm on the curb.

Millers

*Wood 1818
*Frederick Rust 1859
*Charles Joseph Doe 1882 – 1902
*Martin Bonner 1902 – 1912
*Herbert Bonner 1914 – 1950

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Culture and media

"Terling Windmill" featured in the 1937 film Oh, Mr. Porter! starring Will Hay.cite web|url=http://www.windmillworld.com/mills/stars.htm|title=Windmills and Watermills as stars of TV and film|publisher=Windmill World|accessdate=2008-07-19]

External links

* [http://www.windmillworld.com/millid/2447.htm Windmill World] webpage on Terling windmill

References