Marsh Mill

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Marsh Mill in Thornton, Lancashire

Coordinates: 53 ° 52 ′ 29.6 "  N , 3 ° 0 ′ 43.2"  W.

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Marsh Mill is a Dutch windmill in Thornton , Lancashire in England. It was built in 1794 by Ralph Slater on behalf of the local landowner Bold Hesketh. The mill served its purpose as a flour mill until the 1920s. The structure was later completely renovated. It is a good example of a full English windmill and was designed by English Heritage in the Grade II * as Listed Building classified.

history

The Marsh Mill was commissioned by landowner Bold Hesketh from Rossall Hall and built in 1794 by mill builder Ralph Slater. The Marsh Mill was named after the marshland in the northern Fylde that Hesketh drained to build the mill. Slater was a well known mill builder in the area; Mills in Pilling and Clifton also come from him . The mill was originally used to grind different types of flour . From the beginning of the 19th century it was used to grind animal feed . The original adjustment mechanism, a manually operated chain jug , was replaced by an automatic compass rose in the 19th century . The original sail gate wings were replaced by patent blind wings in 1896. The mill ceased operations in the 1920s. A café was operated in the Marsh Mill from 1928 to 1935 . In 1930 there was a fatal accident when two women who were touring the structure with the intention of buying it fell to their death because the compass rose platform on which they were standing collapsed beneath them.

The building was placed on March 24, 1950 by English Heritage in Grade II * on the Statutory List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. In 1965, the Marsh Mill Preservation Societe began restoring the structure; this lasted 20 years. Another renovation was completed in 1990 when the mill's machinery was brought back to working order. The mill has been called the “best preserved” and “finest” windmill in northwest England. English Heritage lists it as "an extraordinarily complete example of a tower windmill in a national context".

Building

Marsh Mill was made of plastered bricks ; it has a height of more than 21 m and consists of five floors (stories). The tower is sloping and has simple, square windows. A two-story stove house is attached. The ground floor and the first floor served as storage space and for drying the grain. The second floor is the level for the flour. The classifier machinery is located here . On the outside, a wooden gallery leads around the tower. It is supported by corbels on the first floor. This tour gives access to the mill wings.

The third floor is the level for the millstones . There are four grinding courses here . The top floor is used for the flour dust. As with many windmills in the Fylde, there is a boat-shaped wooden cap on the tower.

See also

supporting documents

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k Marsh Mill ( English ) In: National Heritage List for England . English Heritage . Archived from the original on December 24, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 5, 2015. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / list.english-heritage.org.uk
  2. ^ Rennison (Ed.): Civil Engineering Heritage. Northern England. 1996, pp. 216-217.
  3. ^ Fields: Lancashire Magic & Mystery. 1998, pp. 150-151.
  4. ↑ a b c d e Marsh Mill - A Brief History - Introduction ( English ) Wyre Borough Council. Archived from the original on July 22, 2011. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
  5. ↑ a b c d Hartwell, Pevsner: Lancashire - North. 2009, pp. 667-668.
  6. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Bilsborough: The Treasures of Lancashire. 1989, p. 48.
  7. ^ Ashmore: The Industrial Archeology of North-west England. 1982, p. 225.
  8. ^ Brown: Windmills of England. 1976, p. 118.
  9. ↑ Marsh Mill - Introduction ( English ) Wyre Borough Council. Archived from the original on September 27, 2011. Retrieved April 5, 2015.

literature

  • Owen Ashmore: The Industrial Archeology of North-west England. Manchester University Press, Manchester 1982, ISBN 0-7190-0820-4 .
  • Norman Bilsborough: The Treasures of Lancashire. North West Civic Trust, Manchester 1989, ISBN 0-901347-41-8 .
  • Roger J. Brown: Windmills of England. Hale, London 1976, ISBN 0-7091-5641-3 .
  • Kenneth Fields: Lancashire Magic & Mystery. Secrets of the Red Rose County. Sigma, Wilmslow 1998, ISBN 1-85058-606-3 .
  • Clare Hartwell, Nikolaus Pevsner : Lancashire - North. Revised edition. Yale University Press, New Haven CT et al. 2009, ISBN 0-300-12667-0 .
  • Robert W. Rennison (Ed.): Civil Engineering Heritage. Northern England. 2nd edition. Telford, London 1996, ISBN 0-7277-2518-1 .

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