Mountnessing Windmill

[2] In 1937, ownership of the mill passed from the Blencowe Estates to Mountnessing Parish Council.New sails were fitted, and the mill officially opened by Hervey Benham[3] on 13 November 1983.The internal machinery has been rebuilt by Peter Stenning and Richard Seago, and the mill is in full working order.[1] The sixteen-sided roundhouse is of brick, with a boarded roof covered in tarred felt.It receives a 10 inches (254 mm) diameter pintle projecting from the top of the main post.It drives the two pairs of millstones underdrift via two 22 inches (559 mm) diameter stone nuts with 32 cogs each.
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