Mill model
John Boyle
Category
Models
Date
1998
Materials
Metal, Wood
Measurements
475 x 815 x 435 mm
Place of origin
Springhill
Order this imageCollection
Wellbrook Beetling Mill, County Tyrone
NT 283315.1
Summary
Handling. A working model of Wellbrook Beetling Mill. A white painted wooden model of the main mill building with red painted windows and doors and working internal parts. The roof lifts off to reveal the internal working parts of the beetling mill. The mill manager's cottage forms the adjacent model building - WBM.MO.1b. Made by John Boyle, estate joiner at Springhill, c.1998, as part of the interpretation of Wellbrook Beetling Mill and the history of linen manufacture.
Makers and roles
John Boyle