Stansted Mountfitchet Windmill is owned by the village and looked after by the Parish Council and the 'Millers' who hold regular open days.   Windmill Website

At the beginning of November 2009 a program of major renovation got under way when the contractors, IJP Building Conservation Ltd, moved on site. The works, which include repointing the brickwork, removing the cap and repainting the sails, should be completed by the Spring when we will be able to see the cap turn the sails into the wind for the first time in one hundred years.

The work has been made possible by the continued fundraising of the 'Millers', The Parish Council, English Heritage, Viridor and individual donations.

 

What follows is a kind of 'blog' style update on the progress of the project.  If you have anything you'd like to contribute to our record of this project please contact the clerk or Tudor Owen.

Older Entries can be found here: Nov' 2-12th  To Dec' 3rd To Dec' 14th Dec' 17th Jan' 18th A Jan' 18th B Views Jan' 26th Jan' 27th Jan' 28th Feb' 2nd Feb' 9th Feb' 15th Feb' 23rd Feb' 25th Mar' 1st Mar' 2nd Mar' 4th

Photos from previous restorations: 1985

 

5th and 6th March...

The repointing and painting continues...  the track is on the curb, which, in belt and braces fashion, will also be fixed with long 'pins'...  and the fan stage is nearly together.