Westwood Marshes Mill, Walberswick

Westwood Marshes Mill is a Grade II listed[1] tower mill at Walberswick, Suffolk, England which is derelict.

Westwood Marshes Mill, Walberswick
The mill in 2008
Origin
Mill locationTM 486 737
Coordinates52°18′18″N 1°38′57″E
Operator(s)Private
Year builtLate 18th century
Information
PurposeDrainage mill,
Corn mill
TypeTower mill
StoreysThree storeys
No. of sailsFour Sails
Type of sailsCommon sails
WindshaftCast Iron
WindingTailpole
No. of pairs of millstonesOne pair
Type of pumpScoop wheel

History

Westwood Marshes Mill was built in the late 18th century,[1] possibly in 1798. It was worked by wind until 1940 and then damaged when used for target practice during World War II. The mill was repaired in the 1950s but in October 1960 it was burnt out in an arson attack. It remains standing in a derelict state.[2]

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

Westwood Marshes Mill is a three-storey tower mill. It had a boat-shaped cap which was winded by a tailpole and winch, in a similar manner to the smock mill at Herringfleet. There were four common sails carried on a cast-iron windshaft. The wooden brake wheel drove a wooden wallower which was carried on the wooden upright shaft. This carries a cast-iron spur wheel which drives a cast-iron pit wheel with wooden cogs, carried on a wooden axle, as is the cast-iron scoop wheel with wooden paddles. Only the lower part of the upright shaft and the pit wheel and scoopwheel survived the fire. As well as the scoopwheel, the mill drove a pair of millstones which was used to grind feed for horses on the estate where the mill stood.[3]

Marshmen
  • Jack Stannard - c. 1914
  • Bob Westcott c. 1914 - 1940

References
  1. Historic England. "OLD WINDPUMP, WALBERSWICK, SUFFOLK COASTAL, SUFFOLK (1198461)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 June 2009.
  2. Dolman, Peter (1978). Windmills in Suffolk. Ipswich: Suffolk Mills Group. p. 46. ISBN 0-9506447-0-6.
  3. Flint, Brian (1979). Suffolk Windmills. Woodbridge: Boydell. pp. 99–100. ISBN 0-85115-112-4.
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