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Official list entry
Heritage Category: Listed Building
Grade: I
List Entry Number: 1034383
Date first listed: 16-Apr-1953
List Entry Name: BEMBRIDGE WINDMILL
Statutory Address 1: Bembridge Windmill, High St, Bembridge PO35 5SQ
Location
Statutory Address: Bembridge Windmill, High St, Bembridge PO35 5SQ
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
Parish: Bembridge
National Grid Reference: SZ 63980 87476
Details
Windmill, c1700. Tower type. Built of Isle of Wight stone rubble, the south side cement rendered, with wooden cap and sails. 3 stages. The lowest stage has 2 cambered stone arched openings, the top has square stone openings. Wooden cogged eaves cornice. Boat-shaped wooden cap, fantail and four sweeps. Interior has a remarkable survival of early C18 wooden machinery. The bin floor has the cap and turning gear, the great brake wheel and windshaft turning the sack hoist, the wallower and grain bins. The stone floor has the alarm bell, damsel, runner stone, bed stone, tun and grain hopper. The machine floor has the bran shuttle, tun and great spur wheel. The building was sketched by JMW Turner in 1795 and was in continuous use until 1897. From 1897 to 1915 it was used only for cattle feed. In 1962 it was taken over by the National Trust. The steps between the first and second floor have the inscription 'E Beker 1746 AC' but other inscriptions have been found which could be 1701 although this is not at all clear. The mill accords with the date of the barn to the mill house, the 3 buildings probably being erected about the same time. (NATIONAL TRUST HANDBOOK).
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I was driving toward Roswell, NM when I saw the sun going down and this windmill. I had to RUN like crazy to get on the right side. But this was the payback. It may be the best picture I've ever taken
Yes, this is Holland, the land of windmills. The weather is beautiful so my friend Yolanda and I are out and about.
Miscellaneous Composition; Santa Fe, New Mexico; ©2011 DianaLee Photo Designs; please see www.flickr.com/photos/negra223/ for more New Mexico photos
Images taken in the evening light at the windmills of Kinderdijk.
Nikon D800 - Tamron 24-70 f/2.8 lens
I am missin' Texas for some reason today. I always love visiting. Seeing this shot from last Oct. brought back so many memories, plus the fact that I received a graduation announcement from my great nephew in Georgetown, TX.
Happy Windmill Wednesday!
Wanted to do some long exposures with this windmill, the sky was just not right for it so here's a non long exposure.
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The windmill has been built by one man in his backyard. For the wings he used the parts from old Russian helicopter that his neighbor was keen giving him as part of some deal between them.
There is also a mini museum inside the windmill.
Constructed circa 1840, the Haigh Windmill is an unmistakeable landmark set within agricultural fields contained within the Haigh Hall estate.The windmill is Grade II listed and was built to pump water from the nearby ponds 500m uphill to the Haigh Brewery.
The Haigh windmill, constructed in brick, with a timber roof, underwent a program of restoration in the late 1970s and as a result a new roof was constructed of glass fibre. The existing sails have suffered repeatedly from storm damage, with lost or broken timbers and the brickwork is showing extensive areas of decay, with failed pointing and spalled brick facing. Now with the help of a £50,000 grant from Heritage Lottery Fund’s Your Heritage programme the windmill has been repaired and restored so that it can be maintained for future generations. Further funding has been put toward the project from Wigan Council, Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust and the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB) Mills Section.
The project involved considerable repair work to the windmills brickwork which had become damaged by recent severe winters causing the brickwork to ‘spall’. New sails were constructed by a specialist Mill Wright and the fibreglass cap that was placed on the windmill in the 1970’s was modified and repaired so that it was more in keeping with the original design.
The project has had a lot of input from the 3 local primary schools St David’s C.E. Primary, Our Lady’s R.C. Primary and Aspull Church Primary who have learned about the history and heritage of the windmill and the Haigh area from the Council’s Environmental Education team. Pupils were given a lesson about the history of windmills and it was explained how they are an important part of our national heritage. Pupils visited Southport Eco-Centre to learn about modern windmills (wind turbines) where they learned about how wind power is used to create electricity. Pupils learned about the bread making process and how windmills were used in food production and they also helped to design a mosaic with the theme of local landmarks (including the windmill) which has now also been completed in the roadside verge outside St David’s school.
A Haigh Windmill Restoration Walk has been created to celebrate the completion of the project and a draft version of the leaflet (1498Kb) and Haigh Windmill Restoration Walk map (1484Kb) are available for download. The walk takes in Haigh Windmill and many of the other points of historical interest located around the Haigh Estate.
This is a windmill in Mereside, Blackpool, that greats visitors to the town who arrive on the Preston New Road from the M55.
Maple St, Waltham, Vermont USA • Leaning, derelict wood-sided windmill, with the Adirondack Mountains in the distance.
Windmill in the setting Sun. Near Silverton NSW, Australia.
Canon EOS 5D Mark III
EF16-35mm f/2.8L II USM
35mm/ƒ/22/1/250s/ISO 100
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Kinderdijk windmills: unique & iconic water management
A significant part of Holland is situated up to approximately 7 meters below sea level. The Dutch don’t notice any of this though, because an incredibly innovative and intricate system keeps the ever-rising seawater from flooding the land. Even during spring tide, the Dutch are safely guarded from being washed away…
The most important aspect of UNESCO World Heritage Kinderdijk is undoubtedly the unique collection of 19 authentic windmills, which are considered a Dutch icon throughout the entire world.
(As seen in: www.kinderdijk.com/ )