Terling Windmill

Terling Windmill was built here in c.1818. It is said to have been originally built at Cressing c1770, but this has neither been proved nor disproved. Originally it was a bark mill, but was advertised for sale in 1818 as “new built” and “may be converted to corn grinding at an inconsiderable expense” The mill may have been built here by Chappell, a millwright from Witham. The mill was painted white until 1929 when the smock was tarred. The mill was working by wind until 1949, and afterwards by external power. On 30 August 1950, the miller was trapped in the machinery and killed, despite the best efforts of the fire brigade to rescue him. Thus the working life of the mill ended. The mill was house converted in 1970, with the major machinery being retained, and its external appearance restored. ==Description==

Terling Windmill is a four-storey smock mill on a single-storey brick base. A stage was not used. The mill had four double Patent sails and the domed cap was winded by a fantail. When the mill was working, it had a tarred smock with a white cap. The smock shows signs of having been dismantled and transported in sections at some point, with the cant posts being newer than the framing. The tower is to the curb, and the domed cap rises above the curb to the underside of the finial, giving the mill an overall height of about . Sails and windshaft Terling Windmill has a cast-iron windshaft and four double Patent sails. The last working pair of sails came from Button's Mill, Diss, Norfolk, having originally been on the post mill at Mount Pleasant, Framlingham, Suffolk. They had a span of and were wide. The sails now on the mill have a span of . Machinery The wooden Brake Wheel is of clasp arm construction, diameter, with 96 cogs. This drives an iron Wallower of with 47 cogs. At the lower end of the long wooden Upright Shaft is the clasp arm Great Spur Wheel, which has 108 cogs, and drove three pairs of millstones. The two pairs of French Burr stones being driven by Stone Nuts with 26 cogs, whilst the Peak stones were driven by a Stone Nut with 25 cogs. Fantail Terling Windmill was winded by an eight-bladed fantail, driving an iron worm on the curb. ==Millers==

• Wood 1818 • Frederick Rust 1859 • Charles Joseph Doe 1882 – 1902 • Martin Bonner 1902 – 1912 • Herbert Bonner 1914 – 1950 References for above:- ==Culture and media==

Terling Windmill featured in the 1937 film Oh, Mr. Porter! starring Will Hay. ==External links==