Barnet Gate Mill
History
Barnet Gate Mill was probably built between 1822 and 1840. A claim that it was built during the Napoleonic Wars (c.1800) has not been substantiated. Although steam had been added in 1895, it was working by wind until 1916. The mill was restored in 1930. A new cap, fantail and gallery around the cap being made. The work was done by Thomas Hunt, the Soham millwright. In a further restoration in 1985, the missing pair of sails was replaced.
Description
Barnet Gate Mill is a four-storey tower mill with an ogee cap which has a gallery. It has two Patent sails and two Common sails carried on a cast iron windshaft. The cap is winded by a fantail.
Machinery
The mill may have started life with two Common sails and two Spring sails carried on a wooden windshaft as the wooden clasp arm Brake Wheel has had to be fitted with packing pieces to enable it to fit the current windshaft, which being of iron is a smaller diameter than a wooden one would be. The Wallower is of cast iron, carried on a wooden upright shaft. This carries the Great Spur Wheel, which is of iron with wooden cogs and drove the two pairs of millstones underdrift. A third pair was added when steam power was installed. Only one pair of millstones remains today.
Millers
- John Whitehead 1843–1851
- Frederick Edwards 1870–1899
- Noah Edwards 1896–1918
References
- ^ Historic England. "ARKLEY WINDMILL, BARNET ROAD, BARNET, BARNET, GREATER LONDON (1359022)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 May 2008.
- ^ Moore, Cyril (1999). Hertfordshire Windmills & Windmillers. Sawbridgeworth: Windsup Publishing. pp. 42–44. ISBN 0-9533861-0-4.
- ^ "Arkley and Barnet Gate". Barnet Online. Archived from the original on 24 January 2011. Retrieved 21 May 2008.
External links
- Windmill World webpage on Barnet Gate mill