Adam Marriott, Cotswold Millwright Co.

The Cotswold Millwrights Company

The Cotswold Millwrights Company was started recently by Adam Marriott, after several years experience working with several independent millwrighting companies, to fulfil the need for a smaller flexible and practical approach to millwrighting. Based in the Warwickshire Cotswolds within easy reach of most of the midland and southern areas, the company aims to continue the tradition of high standards of work combined with traditional methods and techniques taking millwrighting into the 21st century.

The company

Offers a traditional millwrighting service to both owners and custodians of Britain's wind and water-powered mills either individuals or organisations.
Promotes the traditional methods, materials and techniques to repair the fabric of the country's mills
Uses authentic methods to ensure high quality and sensitive repair of historically sensitive structures.
Provides information and assistance with projects from feasibility studies to practical repairs.
Offers an emergency call out service for urgent repairs for when the unexpected happens.
Can supply specialist timber for specific applications such as cogs, springs, bearings, and other specialist applications such as cart wrighting and carriage building.
Can offer a saw milling service (with their own period rack bench), with logs converted up to 32 inches

Stone dressing

Adam Marriott

Having a family background in farming and having been fascinated by old machinery since an early age, Adam started out restoring vintage tractors at the age of 10. Following a degree in agricultural engineering and work with highly experienced millwright, Vincent Pargetter, Adam returned back to engineering. However hungry for a challenge and with his contract up he returned to millwrighting, something he finds both challenging and interesting, and so worked for IJP Building Conservation and undertaking small freelance projects eventually setting up in his own right.

Adam has worked on various projects for both individuals and companies including:

Feasibility studies
Emergency Repairs
Sail manufacture
Sail removal (by crane and by hand)
Machinery sourcing manufacture and rescue, removal and re installation
Stone dressing
Stone setting up
Manufacture of components
Manufacture of patterns
Timber & frame repairs
Maintenance
Maintenance schedules
H & S guidance
Risk Assessments
Guide books.

It is always difficult to give comparative projects as mills are individually unique and even with similar tasks the problems and execution can be very different from planning to execution and completion. The company relies greatly on its reputation for reliability, practicality, service and quality tailored to clients needs.

Contact details:

Adam J  Marriott
Cotswold Millwright Co.
Bridge Cottage
Lower Brailes
Nr Banbury
Warks.
OX15 5AG
01608 686945/07929420073

Recent work

Warwick Castle Mill

Restoration work, and ongoing maintenace contract.

Danzey Green Windmill, Avoncroft Museum of Buildings

replacment of stocks
patch the boarding
tar the body

Future work scheduled to include more work on the stocks, replacement of the ladder and two new sails.

Removing the sails, Danzey Green windmill, 9th November 2005

Last updated 11th June 2007