Bembridge Windmill
| Bembridge Windmill | |
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National Trust | |
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 Bembridge Windmill | |
| Grid reference: | SZ63988747 |
| Location: | 50°41’0"N, 1°5’45"W |
| Built c1700 | |
| Information | |
| Website: | Bembridge Windmill |
Bembridge Windmill, known during its working life as Knowle Mill, is the last surviving windmill on the Isle of Wight in Hampshire. Today it in the care of the National Trust, who have overseen its restoration.[1]
The windmill is a tower mill and stands outside Bembridge, at the easternmost point of the island. It is a Grade I listed building,[2] and following its restoration, the mill is opened to the public by the National Trust.
The mill was immortalised by JMW Turner in his painting Bembridge Mill, Isle of Wight, with a View West towards Brading Haven, painted in 1795.[3]
History
Bembridge Mill was built c. 1700. It was painted by Turner in 1795. The mill was working by wind until 1913, having only been used for grinding animal feed after 1897.[2]
The mill was restored in 1935 and again in 1959, the latter restoration being funded by public subscription.[4] In 1962 the mill was taken over by the National Trust. It has been restored and is open to the public.
Description
Bembridge Mill is a four-storey tower mill with a boat-shaped cap, which is winded by chain and wheel. It has four Common sails. The two pairs of millstones are driven underdrift.[5]
References
- ↑ 'Windmill immortalised by Turner returns to glory on Isle of Wight': BBC News 14 March 2021
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 National Heritage List 1034383: Bembridge Windmill (Grade I listing)
- ↑ 'Turner: Bembridge Mill, Isle of Wight, with a View West towards Brading Haven' – Tate
- ↑ National Monuments Record: No. 461928 – Bembridge Windmill
- ↑ Ellis, Monica (editor) (1978). Water and Wind Mills in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Southampton: Southampton University Industrial Archaeology Group. pp. 60. ISBN 0-905280-01-6.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Bembridge Windmill) |
- Bembridge Windmill - National Trust
- Windmill World: Bembridge Mill