Marsh Mill

53.8749 - 3.012Koordinaten: 53 ° 52 '30 " N, 3 ° 0' 43 " W

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. Your purpose as a grain mill filled the mill until the 1920s. The building was later completely renovated. It is a good example of a complete English windmill and classified as Listed Building by English Heritage in the Grade II *.

History

The Marsh Mill was given by the landowner Bold Hesketh of Rossall Hall commissioned and built in 1794 by the millwright Ralph Slater. The Marsh Mill was named after the salt marshes in the northern Fylde, the Hesketh dry laid for the construction of the mill. Slater was in the area a very well known millwright; come from him also mills in Pilling and Clifton. The Muehl was originally used for milling various kinds of flour. From the beginning of the 19th century it served the milling of animal feed. The initial adjustment, a manually operated Kettenkrühwerk, was replaced by an automatic wind rose in the 19th century. The original sail gate wings were replaced in 1896 by letters patent - blind wing. The mill set in the 1920s, closed its doors. From 1928 to 1935 Café has been operated in the Marsh Mill. In 1930 there was a fatal accident, as two women who visited the building in purchase intent, fell to their deaths, because the wind rose platform on which they were standing, collapsed under them.

The building was placed on the Statutory List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest by English Heritage on 24 March 1950 Grade II *. 1965 began the Marsh Mill Preservation Societe with the restoration of the building; this lasted for 20 years. Another renovation was completed in 1990 when the machinery of the mill was restored to a functional state. The mill was called the " best-preserved " and " finest " windmill in northwest Englanfs. English Heritage to establish, as " an unusually complete example of a tower windmill in a national context."

Building

Marsh Mill was built of plastered brick; it has a height of more than 21 m and consists of five floors ( floors). The tower is tapered and has simple square windows. A two-storey house is attached furnace. The ground floor and the first floor was used as storage space and to dry the grain. The second floor is the level of the flour. Here is the Sichtermaschinerie. On the outside of a wooden gallery leads to the tower. It is supported by corbels on the first floor. This trail provides access to the mill wings.

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