Blackshore Mill, Reydon

Blackshore Mill is a Grade II listed[1] tower mill at Reydon, Suffolk, England which has been conserved.

Blackshore Mill, Reydon
The mill in 2006
Origin
Mill location	TM 491 759
Coordinates	52°19′28″N 1°39′24″E
Operator(s)	Private
Year built	c1890
Information
Purpose	Windpump
Type	Tower mill
Storeys	Three storeys
No. of sails	Four Sails
Type of sails	Patent sails
Windshaft	Cast iron
Winding	Fantail
Type of pump	Three throw plunger pump

History

Blackshore Mill was built c1890 by Robert Martin, the Beccles millwright, who beat Simon Nunn of Wenhaston in gaining the contract for the mill's construction. The mill only worked for about four years before the sails were blown off when the windshaft broke at the poll end.[2] The mill stood derelict for many years until repairs were carried out in 2002 to conserve the mill.[1]

Description

Blackshore Mill is a three storey tower mill. It had a boat shaped cap winded by a fantail. The four Patent sails[3] were carried on a cast iron windshaft. The tower is about 26 feet 3 inches (8.00 m) high and all machinery is of cast iron.[1]

References

1. Historic England. "BLACKSHORE WINDPUMP, REYDON, WAVENEY, SUFFOLK (1032138)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 June 2009.
2. Flint, Brian (1979). Suffolk Windmills. Woodbridge: Boydell. pp. 100–101. ISBN 0-85115-112-4.
3. Dolman, Peter (1978). Windmills in Suffolk. Ipswich: Suffolk Mills Group. p. 52. ISBN 0-9506447-0-6.