Tricker's Mill, Woodbridge

Tricker's Mill

The mill in the housing complex
Origin
Mill location TM 268 491
52°05′37″N 1°18′43″E / 52.09361°N 1.31194°E / 52.09361; 1.31194
Year built 1818
Information
Purpose Corn mill
Type Tower mill
Storeys Five storeys
Number of sails Four Sails
Type of sails Patent sails
Windshaft Cast Iron
Winding Fantail
Number of pairs of millstones Three pairs

Tricker's Mill is a Grade II listed[1] tower mill at Woodbridge, Suffolk, England which has been incorporated to a sheltered housing scheme.

History

Tricker's Mill was built in 1818. It originally had a domed cap which was blown off in 1881. A boat shaped cap was built to replace it. The mill worked by wind until c1920 and the cap and remaining pair of sails were removed in 1957, leaving the roofed over cap frame on the tower. In 1973, the mill was threatened with demolition but due to pressure from enthusiasts it was incorporated into Mussidan Place, a sheltered housing scheme for the elderly.[2] Mussidan Place is now owned and managed by Suffolk Heritage Housing Association.[3]

Description

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

Tricker's Mill is a five storey tower mill which formerly had a boat shaped cap with a gallery which was winded by a fantail. It had four Patent sails and drove three pairs of millstones, of which two pairs remain.[2] The cast iron windshaft had previously been used in a post mill.[4] The majority of the machinery survives in the mill.[2]

See also

Other mills in, or strongly connected with Woodbridge:-

References

  1. ↑ "TRICKERS MILL, THEATRE STREET (south side), WOODBRIDGE, SUFFOLK COASTAL, SUFFOLK". English Heritage. Retrieved 3 June 2009.
  2. 1 2 3 Dolman, Peter (1978). Windmills in Suffolk. Ipswich: Suffolk Mills Group. p. 46. ISBN 0-9506447-0-6.
  3. ↑ "Sheltered housing & retirement homes in Suffolk Coastal, for elderly care - UK". housingcare.org. Retrieved 3 June 2009.
  4. ↑ Flint, Brian (1979). Suffolk Windmills. Woodbridge: Boydell. p. 39. ISBN 0-85115-112-4.

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