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An after work trip to Chesterton Windmill resulted in this. I thought it might rain so I was glad the clouds shifted.
Used a GND and tripod, lens at 18mm, f/16
I've now made myself a website and used this as the homepage, take a look here: thphotos.co.uk/
This photo is the final image of a small set taken on the same evening, read my blog about them here: thphotos.co.uk/2011/10/evening-at-chesterton-windmill-war....
This 380 year old windmill is open most Sundays during the summer, and it's only £1 for adults and 30p for children to have a guided tour. Bargain!
Its been a while since I uploaded one of my old windmill photos, so here's another I took when just a lad :-)
For a few years in the 1960s the annual family holiday was spent on the Norfolk Broads. I had a fascination with the windmills, many of which were derelict. Borrowing the family box camera and buying a film with some of my holiday money, I took photos of several of these wonderful sentinels from times past. This photo was taken c1965, but I couldn't tell you on which river the windmill was sited, or if any of the structure still stands today...
Jill is a post mill originally built in Dyke Road, Brighton, in 1821. It was known as Lashmar's New Mill and was built to replace Lashmar's Old Mill. In 1830, the Windshaft broke, bringing the sails crashing to the ground. A painting by Nash dated 1839 and an engraving in the Handbook to Brighton (1847) show her to have had a roof mounted Fantail.
In 1852 she was moved to Clayton by a team of horses and oxen. The site is now Belmont—a short street of Grade II-listed villas.
The working life of the mills ended in 1906 and in 1908 Jill was damaged in a storm. She lost her fantail and sails over the years until in 1953 restoration was carried out by E Hole and Son, the Burgess Hill millwrights, funded by Cuckfield Rural District Council.
In 1978, restoration of Jill to working order was commenced. Jill ground flour again in 1986. During the Great Storm of 1987, the mill's sails were set in motion with the brake on, setting fire to the mill. Some members of the Windmill Society were able to get to the mill and save her.
Today, Jill is in working order and open to the public most Sundays between May and September. She produces stoneground wholemeal flour on an occasional basis. The vast majority of her flour is sold to visitors. It is ground from organic wheat, grown locally in Sussex. On the occasions when the wind is blowing and Jill is in operation, a guide is available to explain the process of milling. Jill Windmill is owned by Mid Sussex District Council.
Jill is a post mill with a two-storey roundhouse. She has four Patent Sails and is winded by a five blade fantail mounted on the tailpole. The windshaft is wooden, with a cast iron poll end dated 1831. Jill has two pairs of millstones, arranged Head and Tail. The compass arm Tail Wheel shows evidence of having been used as a Brake Wheel at some time. The main Post of Jill is made from four separate pieces of timber, a feature seen in some Sussex post mills and only found in this and Argos Hill Mill today.
In addition to my Amsterdam project I also wanted to build a windmill. It is loosely based on the windmills at Kinderdijk in the Netherlands and the windmill at Rövershagen in Northern Germany.
The mill has an octagonal shaped base and a roof (also called cap) that rotates. It is built in a modular way. The first two levels are fully furnished. On the ground floor there is a pottery workshop with a kiln, a pottery wheel, shelves for clay, different types of glaze and finished items. On the second floor there is the apartement of the potter.
The shape of the mill was quite challenging and I wanted to quit the build more than once. But I like how it turned out.