Gibraltar Mill, Great Bardfield

Gibraltar Mill is a grade II listed^[1] Tower mill at Great Bardfield, Essex, England which has been converted to residential use.

History

The first date at which a windmill is definitely known to have been standing here is 1707. A date of 1680 is given by some sources, but no mill was marked on

Gibraltar Mill is an underpowered three-storey tower mill with a boat-shaped cap. The mill has four double Patent sails carried on a cast-iron windshaft and is winded by an eight-bladed fantail. The tower is 3 feet 6 inches (1.07 m) to 4 feet (1.22 m) thick at base level. It is 32 feet (9.75 m) high, 20 feet (6.10 m) diameter at base level and 13 feet (3.96 m) diameter at curb level. The mill is 44 feet (13.41 m) high overall. The windshaft carries a wooden Brake Wheel with 90 iron teeth, cast in six segments. The Wallower was an iron mortice gear, with 44 wooden cogs. It was carried on a cast-iron Upright Shaft. The Great Spur Wheel had 88 cogs, and drove two pairs of millstones via Stone Nuts with 18 cogs each.[2]

Millers

• Jonas Osbourne 1754
• Thomas Joslin 1767 - 1792
• John Joslin 1800 - 1803
• John Brown 1803 - 1809
• Thomas Marriage
• Henry Marriage - 1855
• Thomas Dixon Smith 1872 - 1878
• Thomas Samuel Smith 1894–1930

References for above:-^[2]

External links

• Windmill World webpage on Gibraltar Mill
• Guardian article on living in the mill.

References