Stansted Mountfitchet Windmill

Stansted Mountfitchet Windmill was built in 1787 for Joseph Lindsell. In 1847, it was reported that one pair of sails required replacement. The old Common sails were replaced with a pair of spring sails at a cost of £29 4s 0d by Thomas Seabrook, millwright of Furneaux Pelham, Hertfordshire. In March 1848, it was reported that one of the remaining common sails had blown down, and the remaining sail was not fit for further work. A pair of “new patent sails” was fitted at a cost of £12 5s 0d, with a new sail back costing a further £5 13s 4d. In November 1848 the mill was again working on two sails, and another pair of patent sails were fitted at a cost of £23. Hicks demanded a reduction in…

Stansted Mountfitchet Windmill is a five-storey tower mill with a domed cap winded by an eight bladed fantail. The cast iron windshaft is in two parts, with a separate tail section. It carries four single patent sails (originally double patents, later cut down), and a wooden 8 ft diameter clasp arm brake wheel of oak and elm with 99 iron segment teeth. This drives a wooden wallower with 44 teeth carried on a wooden upright shaft. The clasp arm great spur wheel is 8 ft diameter, with 140 cogs. It drives three pairs of overdrift millstones. The stone nuts having 28 teeth each. As originally built, the mill had a wooden windshaft, and a stage, which was 24 ft above ground level. The mill was…

Stansted Mountfitchet Windmill is operated on behalf of the Trustees by a voluntary organisation called 'The Stansted Millers'. They administer the public access and it is open from Easter to October on the first Sunday of each month, most Bank Holidays and other special days from 1.30 - 5.30pm. The admission charge is £3 for adults, £1 for children 5-16 and is free to under school age.