windmills in jersey

WINDMILLS IN JERSEY

In the English Channel wind is never in short supply. For centuries islanders who were not near a stream, that could be used to power a watermill, built windmills.
Their primary purpose was to grind corn, but some were used to grind malt and later to make sugar from cane .However the combination of large stones grinding and dry raw materials was a constant fire hazard and only a few survived.
The windmill pictured above is in the parish of St. Peter and has been restored to its original glory to house one of the Channel Island's top jewellery designers, Catherine Best, as well as a very nice restaurant/cafe.
There also windmills at Rozel- Le Moulin de Rozel- at St. Ouen's Bay- Grantez- and at Le Moulin de Grouville. The latter two have concrete observation posts on the roof. They were added Jersey during the Second World War by the occupying German army as part of their 'island fortress plan.