| Arkley Windmill | |
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 Barnet Gate Mill. | |
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| Origin | |
| Mill name | Barnet Gate Mill |
| Grid reference | TQ 217 953 |
| Coordinates | 51°38′35″N 0°14′35″W / 51.643°N 0.243°W |
| Operator(s) | Private |
| Year built | c. 1830 |
| Information | |
| Purpose | Corn mill |
| Type | tower mill |
| Storeys | Four storeys |
| No. of sails | Four sails |
| Type of sails | Two Patent sails and two Common sails |
| Windshaft | Cast iron |
| Winding | Fantail |
| Auxiliary power | Steam engine |
| No. of pairs of millstones | Three pairs |
Barnet Gate Mill or Arkley Windmill is a grade II* listed tower mill at Barnet Gate in the London Borough of Barnet, originally in Hertfordshire.[1] There is no public access.
Barnet Gate Mill was probably built between 1822 and 1840.[1] A claim that it was built during the Napoleonic Wars (c.1800) has not been substantiated. Although steam had been added in 1895,[2] it was working by wind until 1916.[1] The mill was restored in 1930.[3] 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.[2]
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For an explanation of the various pieces of machinery, see Mill machinery. |
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.[2]
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.[2]
