Blundeston Windmill
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Blundeston Windmill | |
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Origin | |
Mill name | Blundeston Mill |
Grid reference | TM 5165 9747 |
Coordinates | 52°31′00″N 1°42′26″E / 52.51676°N 1.70734°E |
Operator(s) | Private |
Year built | c1820 |
Information | |
Purpose | Corn mill |
Type | Tower mill |
Storeys | Four storeys |
No. of sails | Four Sails |
Type of sails | Patent sails |
Winding | Fantail |
No. of pairs of millstones | Two pairs |
Blundeston Mill is a tower mill at Blundeston, Suffolk, England which has been converted to residential accommodation.
History
Blundeston Mill was built c1820 by Robert Martin, the Beccles millwright. The mill was worked until 1923 and dismantled in 1933 when it was converted to a house.[1]
Description
Blundeston Mill is a four-storey tower mill which had four Patent sails. The boat shaped cap was winded by a fantail. The mill drove two pairs of millstones[1]
References
- ^ a b Dolman, Peter (1978). Windmills in Suffolk. Ipswich: Suffolk Mills Group. pp. 13, 40. ISBN 0-9506447-0-6.
External links
- Windmill World Webpage on Blundeston Mill.
- Blundeston and District Local History Society Webpage with some photographs of Blundeston Windmill.
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