3354 x 5050 px | 28,4 x 42,8 cm | 11,2 x 16,8 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
27. April 2010
Ort:
Chapel Allerton, Somerset, England
Weitere Informationen:
There was a time when windmills were common in north Somerset, but when Mr. John Stevens, miller here since 1887, retired in 1927, it marked the end of windmilling not just at Chapel Allerton, but throughout the county. Believed to date from c.1770, but incorporating timbers from its predecessor, and the successor of a series thought to have stood on this site since the 14th c., it was restored in 1958 (and again in the 1970s), and to-day is (together with the Stembridge Mill at High Ham) one of only two Somerset windmills preserved more-or-less intact. Its unusual parallel tower was actually quite common amongst Somerset mills, although, unlike the example at High Ham, it no longer has a thatched cap (a feature removed by Mr.Stevens during improvements carried out c.1900). Although Somerset mills were not of the size and sophistication of some of those in the east of England, the site had been well chosen, for there was no lack of wind. Indeed, there are several alarming stories of the mill running out of control in high winds!
