Little Marton Mill

53.7991 - 2.9898Koordinaten: 53 ° 47 ' 57 " N, 2 ° 59' 23 " W

Little Marton Mill is a tower windmill dating from the 19th century in Marton, today part of Blackpool in Lancashire, North West England. It was built in 1838 by John Hays to grind grain and served that purpose until 1928. The windmill has been classified by English Heritage as a Grade II Listed Building in.

History

The Little Marton Mill was built in 1838 by the millwright John Hays for John Whalley at the site of a former mill. She was once one of several mills in the area and the last about four mills within the present boundaries of Blackpool. The hamlet of Little Marton was part of the parish of Marton, which lost its independence at the end of the 19th century and was incorporated into Blackpool and St Anne's -on-the -Sea. In Marton existed until the mid-18th century water mill and another wind-driven corn mill existed until the end of the 19th century, both in Great Marton. The Little Marton Mill was later operated by a miller named Cornelius Bagot. The operation was stopped in September 1928. Bagot restored the mill and donated in 1937 to the Allen Clarke Memorial Fund to commemorate the teachers, writers and windmill enthusiast Allen Clarke ( 1863-1935 ). The building was extensively repaired in 1987 set for 88,000 pounds.

Little Marton Mill is located in a green area, close to the M55 and is a landmark on this main road in the seaside resort of Blackpool. English Heritage downgraded the windmill on October 20, 1983 in Grade II. This classification is the lowest of the three stages on the Statutory List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest and includes buildings that " nationally important and of special interest".

Building

Little Marton Mill is built in a typical windmills in the Fylde style. It has four floors including the ground floor, has a circular floor plan and a large amount in relation to the diameter at the base. It is built of plastered and painted with chalk white bricks. On the outside of a memorial tablet, reminiscent of the locally famous writer Allen Clarke. Access to the ground floor is at the east side by a double door and on the west side by a single door. Square windows are the first, second and third floor available.

Typical of windmills in the Fylde, the roof canopy - it was replaced in 1987 - in the shape of a boat. The mill has four wings and a windmill with eight leaves. The machinery of the mill is not complete, because the number of parts in the Lytham Windmill were installed.