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Fulbourn Windmill

 Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire

Restored Smock mill, 42 feet high three working floors.

The octagonal round house is of brick; above it is the oak framed smock with oak 'cant posts' and binders and weather-boarded.

On the smock rests a revolving cap carrying the sails and fantail. The cone-shaped cap, sheathed in copper, is fitted with a wooden skirt.

The sails are doubled shuttered clockwise patent sails. The shutters open and close according to the strength of the wind through the spider on the hub of the sails. The fan at the rear turns the cap via gears so the sails faced the wind.

The sails turn the 10 foot diameter brake wheel in the cap which transmits the power downwards to the vertical shaft via the wallower. The 9 foot diameter spur wheel at the base of the vertical shaft connects to the stones, turning the top stones. The uppermost floor has three grain bins feeding the three pairs of stones on the middle floor with chutes down to the ground floor. When the stones are revolving the action of the grooves are like scissors opening and shutting 90-120 times a minute. (One revolution of the sails will turn the stones 15 times)

On the northwest face wall of the roundhouse is an external wheel for transmitting power from a standing engine to the third pair of stones.
 

 


Further information Grid

Location:

Fulbourn Windmill, Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire

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Grid Reference:

TL 510559    OS Sheet – 154

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Ordinance survey link TL510559

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E-mail:

fulbourn.windmill@btinternet.com

Website:

www.fulbourn.windmill.co.uk (quoted but not working when we tried)

http://www.fulbourn.windmill.btinternet.co.uk/

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Planning Grid

Location:

Fulbourn Windmill, Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire

Grid Reference:

TL 510559

Getting there:

On the Cambridge/Cherry Hinton/Fulbourn road.

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CB1 5EG

Telephone:

Enquiries Dr Ian Harrison  Tel - 01223 880649

Opening times:

The first Saturday of the month February, March, April, June, August, October, November, December. (Plus Aug 25 20o8 2-4:30pm) Other times by appointment.

National Mills Weekend opening times
Saturday 10.00 – 16.00

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