| Ramsey Mill | |
| Name Of Mill: | Ramsey Mill |
| Operator: | Private |
| Built: | 1842 |
| Purpose: | Corn mill |
| Type: | Post mill |
| Storeys: | Three storeys |
| Roundhouse Storeys: | Three storey roundhouse |
| Sail Number: | Four sails |
| Sail Type: | Double Patent sails |
| Windshaft: | Cast iron |
| Winding: | Fantail |
| Fantail Blades: | Six blades |
| Pairs Of Millstones: | Three pairs |
| Other: | Moved from Woodbridge, Suffolk |
Ramsey Windmill is a grade II* listed post mill at Ramsey, Essex, England which has been restored.
Ramsey Windmill was originally built in Woodbridge, Suffolk. It was the north westerly one of four mills on the Mill Hills shown on the 1838 tithe map. The mill was moved to Ramsey in 1842 by Henry Collins, millwright of Woodbridge. The mill was working until the Second World War, and then left to deteriorate until 1974 when the owner, Mr Michael Organ, set about restoring the mill.[1] Members of the Suffolk Mills Group assisted with work on Ramsey Windmill between 1974 and 1978.[2]
Ramsey Windmill is a post mill with a three-storey roundhouse. The mill was winded by a roof mounted fantail, similar to that seen at Icklesham today. It has four double Patent sails. There are two pairs of millstones in the breast and a third pair in the tail.[1]
The trestle is of oak. The main post is 17feet in length, 27inches square at its base. The mill was built with a roundhouse from the start. Having started life in Suffolk, and being moved by a Suffolk millwright, the normal practice from that county was followed, with the roundhouse having three storeys.[3]
The body of the mill measures 16feet by 10feet in plan. The mill is 48feet high overall. The Crowntree is NaNinches square in section. The side girts are 9inches by 14inches in section.[3]
Ramsey Mill has a cast iron windshaft and four double Patent sails.[3]
The wooden Head Wheel is of clasp arm construction, 7feet diameter, with 90 cogs of 3inches pitch. It drives two pairs of overdrift French Burr millstones via a cast-iron Wallower and Spur Wheel. The cast-iron Tail Wheel is 4feet diameter. It drives a single pair of underdrift 3feet diameter millstones via an Upright Shaft and Spur wheel.[3]
Ramsey Windmill was winded by a six-bladed roof-mounted fantail, which blew off in 1939. The drive was down the back of the mill and thence to a ring set above the join of the quarterbars to the main post.[3] [4]
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