Tutelina Mill, Great Welnetham

Great Welnetham Mill
Tutelina Mill
Origin
Mill name	Tutelina Mill
Mill location	TL 878 598 52°12′15″N 0°44′57″E / 52.20417°N 0.74917°E / 52.20417; 0.74917
Operator(s)	Private
Year built	1865
Information
Purpose	Corn mill
Type	Tower mill
Storeys	Four storeys
Number of sails	Four Sails
Type of sails	Patent sails
Winding	Fantail
Auxiliary power	Crossley oil engine
Number of pairs of millstones	Two pairs

Tutelina Mill, also known as Clarke's Mill, is a Grade II listed^[1] tower mill at Great Welnetham, Suffolk, England which has been conserved.

History

Tutelina Mill was built in 1865. A steam mill was erected nearby. The windmill worked by wind until 1910.^[2] The sails were removed in 1916,^[3] and the mill was worked by a Crossley^[1] engine until the mid 1960s.^[2]

Description

For an explanation of the various pieces of machinery, see Mill machinery.

Tutelina Mill is a small four storey tower mill. The tower is 28 feet 6 inches (8.69 m) to the curb.^[4] It had a domed cap, winded by a fantail. The four Patent sails drove two pairs of millstones.^[2] The wallower is cast iron with wooden teeth, carried on a cast iron upright shaft. The great spur wheel is also cast iron with wooden teeth.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "TUTELINA MILL, STANNINGFIELD ROAD, GREAT WHELNETHAM, ST EDMUNDSBURY, SUFFOLK". English Heritage. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=404983. Retrieved 26 May 2009. 
2. ^ ^{a b c} Dolman, Peter (1978). Windmills in Suffolk. Ipswich: Suffolk Mills Group. pp. p41. ISBN 0 9506447 0 6. 
3. ^ Regan, Dean (1997). Windmills of Suffolk. Suffolk: Dean Regan. pp. p56. ISBN 0-9531562-0-6. 
4. ^ Flint, Brian (1979). Suffolk Windmills. Woodbridge: Boydell. pp. p31. ISBN 0 85115-112-4. 

External links

• Windmill World webpage on Tutelina Mill.
• 2007 photo of the mill.