Westwood Marshes Mill, Walberswick

Westwood Marshes Mill, Walberswick
The mill in 2008
Origin
Mill location	TM 486 737
Coordinates	52°18′18″N 1°38′57″E / 52.30500°N 1.64917°E / 52.30500; 1.64917
Operator(s)	Private
Year built	Late 18th century
Information
Purpose	Drainage mill, Corn mill
Type	Tower mill
Storeys	Three storeys
No. of sails	Four Sails
Type of sails	Common sails
Windshaft	Cast Iron
Winding	Tailpole
No. of pairs of millstones	One pair
Type of pump	Scoop wheel

Westwood Marshes Mill is a Grade II listed^[1] tower mill at Walberswick, Suffolk, England which is derelict.

Westwood Marshes Mill was built in the late 18th century,^[1] possibly in 1798. It was worked by wind until 1940 and then damaged when used for target practice during World War II. The mill was repaired in the 1950s but in October 1960 it was burnt out in an arson attack. It remains standing in a derelict state.^[2]

Westwood Marshes Mill is a three-storey tower mill. It had a boat-shaped cap which was winded by a tailpole and winch, in a similar manner to the smock mill at Herringfleet. There were four common sails carried on a cast-iron windshaft. The wooden brake wheel drove a wooden wallower which was carried on the wooden upright shaft. This carries a cast-iron spur wheel which drives a cast-iron pit wheel with wooden cogs, carried on a wooden axle, as is the cast-iron scoop wheel with wooden paddles. Only the lower part of the upright shaft and the pit wheel and scoopwheel survived the fire. As well as the scoopwheel, the mill drove a pair of millstones which was used to grind feed for horses on the estate where the mill stood.^[3]

• Jack Stannard - c. 1914
• Bob Westcott c. 1914 - 1940

• Windmill World webpage on Westwood Marshes Mill.