Fort Green Mill, Aldeburgh

Aldeburgh Windmill
The mill c. 1900 (top) and in 2007 (bottom)
Origin
Mill name	Fort Green Mill
Mill location	TM 464 559 52°08′46″N 1°36′09″E / 52.14611°N 1.60250°E
Operator(s)	Private
Year built	1824
Information
Purpose	Corn mill
Type	Tower mill
Storeys	Four storeys
Number of sails	Four sails
Type of sails	Patent sails
Windshaft	Cast iron
Winding	Fantail
Fantail blades	Six blades
Number of pairs of millstones	Two pairs

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

History

Fort Green Mill was built in 1824. It was converted into a house in 1902.^[1]

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.^[2] 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.

References

1. Regan, Dean (1997). Windmills of Suffolk. Suffolk: Dean Regan. p. 68. ISBN 0-9531562-0-6.
2. Dolman, Peter (1978). Windmills in Suffolk. Ipswich: Suffolk Mills Group. p. 42. ISBN 0-9506447-0-6.

External links

• Windmill World webpage on Fort Green Mill.