POST MILL 

The Post mill is one of the earliest designs and permits the mill to be turned into the wind by manually pushing the huge tailpole which projects from the back and so turning on the vertical post in the centre,the tailpole was often fitted with an old cartwheel in later times to ease its movement if the miller was working alone.

In order to move the structure the heavy wooden stairs have to be lifted off the ground and a large pivoting lever is used to raise it a couple of inches clear of the ground

Under the mill is a brick 'roundhouse' with a boarded and felted roof which serves as a storehouse although there is not a lot of space as the support braces for the huge 'post' take up most of the room