Fort Green Mill, Aldeburgh

Aldeburgh Windmill
The mill in 2007
Origin
Mill name	Fort Green Mill
Mill location	TM 464 559
Coordinates	52°08′46″N 1°36′09″E / 52.14611°N 1.60250°E / 52.14611; 1.60250Coordinates: 52°08′46″N 1°36′09″E / 52.14611°N 1.60250°E / 52.14611; 1.60250
Operator(s)	Private
Year built	1824
Information
Purpose	Corn mill
Type	Tower mill
Storeys	Four storeys
No. of sails	Four sails
Type of sails	Patent sails
Windshaft	Cast iron
Winding	Fantail
Fantail blades	Six blades
No. of pairs of millstones	Two pairs

Fort Green Mill is a tower mill at Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England which has been converted to residential accommodation.

History[]

The mill c. 1900

Fort Green Mill was built in 1824. It was converted into a house in 1902.^[1] During the Second World War it was used as a gun emplacement.^[2]

It was put up for sale in 2016.^[3]

Description[]

Fort Green Mill is a four-storey tower mill. It had four patent sails and the domed cap was winded by a fantail. It had two pairs of millstones.^[4] A photograph of the working mill (above) shows that the sails were double patents carried on a cast-iron windshaft and the fantail had six blades.

Danish inscription on Fort Green Mill

There is an inscription, formerly above one of the doors, now on a wall "Herren skal bevare din udgang og din indgang". It means "The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in," Psalm 121 verse 8.

References[]

External links[]

• Windmill World webpage on Fort Green Mill.