| Toppesfield Mill | |
| Name Of Mill: | Gainsford End Mill |
| Operator: | Private |
| Built: | 1869 |
| Purpose: | Corn mill |
| Type: | Tower mill |
| Storeys: | Five storeys |
| Sail Number: | Four sails |
| Sail Type: | Patent sails |
| Windshaft: | Cast iron |
| Winding: | Fantail |
| Fantail Blades: | Eight blades |
| Pairs Of Millstones: | Three pairs |
| Stone Size: | 4feet and 4feet |
Gainsford End Mill is a grade II listed tower mill at Gainsford End, near Toppesfield, Essex, England, which has been converted to a residence.
Gainsford End Mill was built in 1869 at a cost of £2000. It replaced a post mill which had stood on the site since the late eighteenth century. The mill was working until and afterwards became derelict. The windshaft was installed in Duck End Mill, Finchingfield, when that mill was restored in 1958, although it was removed when a new wooden windshaft was fitted to that mill in 1986.[1] It was converted to residential use in 2007.[2]
Gainsford End Mill is a five-storey brick tower mill with a domed cap winded by an eight-bladed Fantail. When built it had four Patent sails carried on a cast-iron windshaft. The brake wheel drove a cast-iron wallower carried on a 5adj=midNaNadj=mid cast-iron upright shaft. The 6feet great spur wheel drove three pairs of millstones. The tower is 20feet diameter at the base with walls 2feet thick The tower is 40feet high, and the mill was 50feet to the top of the cap. The mill drove three pairs of millstones; two pairs were 4feet diameter and the third pair were 4feet diameter.[1]