Saxtead Green Windmill

Windmills of Suffolk: Saxtead Green Windmill

According to the Manorial Records there has been a windmill in Saxtead since 1287. The current Saxtead Green Windmill dates back to at least 1796 when the miller was Amos Webber. In 1810, the Mill House was built for Robert Holmes. The mill was raised a total of three times during its working life. The mill was tailwinded circa 1853 and around this time, the sails were destroyed and remade. Following this in 1854 the mill was raised for the third time. Collins, the Melton millwright worked on the mill in the 1870's and Whitmore and Binyon again worked on the mill in the 1890's. From 1926 millwright Jesse Wightman (who was initially apprenticed to A S Aldred the Miller) assisted the owner with repairs until the mill ceased working commercially on the death of the last miller in 1947. The mill passed to Mr Steven Charles Sullivan, (1908-1997) the son-in-law of A S Aldred, who placed the mill in the guardianship of the Ministry of Works in 1951. The mill is currently owned by Stephen and Jonathan Sullivan (ensuring the Mill has been in the ownership of the same family since 1873) The mill was completely rebuilt between 1957 and 1960 under the supervision of Jesse Wightman. A replacement crowntree was obtained from a windmill at Wetheringsett which had been demolished. The mill has been in the care of English Heritage since 1984 to the present day. The mill was repaired, with a new pair of sails made in 2008. As of 2018 the windmill has been closed for maintenance, being fitted with new sails and new steps.

Myself and my sister have had a lifelong interest in tall and interesting buildings such as windmills, and aim to continue to go round many of the windmills in the region and other counties in England.

Filmed on my Sony Cybershot DSC-H55 digital camera on 24th July 2016.

St Jude's Big Storm at the Saxtead Green Post Mill.

The sails were turning rapidly this morning at the Green Post Mill in Saxtead, Suffolk.

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Windmills of Suffolk: Framsden Windmill

Framsden Windmill or Webster's Mill as it was known was built in 1760 for John Flick. In 1836, the mill was bought by John Smith, a brickmaker from St Osyth, Essex. Smith had the mill raised by 18 feet (5.49 m) and modernised by John Whitmore and Son, millwrights, of Wickham Market. In 1843, the mill was bought by William Bond, who owned the mill until 1872 (and worked it for at least part of that time), when it was sold to Joseph Rivers. In 1879, the mill was sold to Edmund Webster, who had been listed as a miller at the mill in 1854, and later passed to his son Edmund Samuel Webster, who worked the mill until around 1936. In June 1966 a group of volunteers started to restore the mill. Two new Patent sails were fitted in 1969. Heavy restoration work of Framsden Windmill took place between June 1966 and 1973.
Framsden Windmill was built as an open trestle post mill with Common sails and winded by a tailpole. A roundhouse was added in 1836 and a fantail was added. The mill is 48 feet (14.63 m) to the roof, making it the second tallest post mill in Suffolk.

Myself and my sister have had a lifelong interest in tall and interesting buildings such as windmills, and aim to continue to go round many of the windmills in the region and other counties in England.

Filmed on my Sony Cybershot DSC-H55 digital camera on 24th July 2016.