Tricker's Mill is a Grade II listed tower mill

Tower mill

A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind....

 at Woodbridge

Woodbridge, Suffolk

Woodbridge is a town in Suffolk, East Anglia, England. It is in the East of England, not far from the coast. It lies along the River Deben, with a population of about 7,480. The town is served by Woodbridge railway station on the Ipswich-Lowestoft East Suffolk Line. Woodbridge is twinned with...

, Suffolk

Suffolk

Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...

, England

England

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 which has been incorporated to a sheltered housing scheme.

History

Tricker's Mill was built in 1818. It originally had a domed cap which was blown off in 1881. A boat shaped cap was built to replace it. The mill worked by wind until c1920 and the cap and remaining pair of sails were removed in 1957, leaving the roofed over cap frame on the tower. In 1973, the mill was threatened with demolition but due to pressure from enthusiasts it was incorporated into Mussidan Place, a sheltered housing scheme for the elderly. Mussidan Place is now owned and managed by Suffolk Heritage Housing Association.

Description

Tricker's Mill is a five storey tower mill which formerly had a boat shaped cap with a gallery which was winded by a fantail. It had four Patent sails and drove three pairs of millstones, of which two pairs remain. The cast iron windshaft had previously been used in a post mill

Post mill

The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have...

. The majority of the machinery survives in the mill.

See also

Other mills in, or strongly connected with Woodbridge:-

• Buttrum's Mill, Woodbridge
  Buttrum's Mill, Woodbridge
  Buttrum's Mill or Trott's Mill is a Grade II listed tower mill at Woodbridge, Suffolk, England which has been restored to working order.-History:...
  
  
• Woodbridge Tide Mill
  Woodbridge Tide Mill
  Woodbridge Tide Mill in Woodbridge, Suffolk, England is a rare example of a tide mill whose water wheel still turns.The mill has been preserved and is open to the public, its machinery reflects the skills and achievements of the early Industrial Revolution. The mill is a three storey building...
  
  
• Ramsey Windmill, Essex
  Ramsey Windmill, Essex
  Ramsey Windmill is a grade II* listed Post mill at Ramsey, Essex, England which has been restored.-History:Ramsey Windmill was originally built in Woodbridge, Suffolk. It was the north westerly one of four mills on the Mill Hills shown on the 1838 tithe map. The mill was moved to Ramsey in 1842 by...
  
  

External links

• Windmill World webpage on Tricker's Mill.