Restoration

Restoring the Mill 1989-1991 Restoring the Wheel and Wheelhouse Re-seating the Stones Dressing the Stones 2022 Rebuilding the Launder 2012 Rebuilding the Wheel 2007 and 2014 Making the Tun Rebuilding the Viewing Platform 2023

The restoration of the mill was carried out in two main phases. Initially the buildings were rebuilt between 1989 and 1992 with the aim of showing what the mill would have looked like but without restoring it to a working state.

In 2007 a small group of volunteers determined to get the mill turning again and to aim to grind flour. This was achieved in 2011 after a lot of hard work. The team who started out on this project are shown below.

The progress of the work to get the mill into a working state over the months and years is documented on the Acorn Bank Watermill Blog.

The First band of Mill Volunteers in 2007