Fort Green Mill, Aldeburgh

52°08′46″N 1°36′09″E / 52.14611°N 1.60250°E / 52.14611; 1.60250Operator(s)PrivateYear built1824InformationPurposeCorn millTypeTower millStoreysFour storeysNo. of sailsFour sailsType of sailsPatent sailsWindshaftCast ironWindingFantailFantail bladesSix bladesNo. of pairs of millstonesTwo 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] During the Second World War it was used as a gun emplacement.^[2]

It was put up for sale in 2016.^[3]

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.^[4] 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.

There is an inscription in Danish, formerly above one of the doors, now on a wall, "Herren skal bevare din udgang og din indgang". It means "The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in," from Psalm 121 verse 8.

References

External links

• Windmill World webpage on Fort Green Mill.