Crowfield Windmill is a smock mill at Crowfield, Suffolk, England which has been conserved.
| Crowfield Windmill | |
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 Crowfield Mill, April 2007 | |
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| Origin | |
| Mill name | Crowfield Mill |
| Mill location | TM 151 571 |
| Coordinates | 52°10′12″N 1°08′47″E / 52.17000°N 1.14639°E |
| Operator(s) | Private |
| Year built | c1840 |
| Information | |
| Purpose | Corn mill |
| Type | Smock mill |
| Storeys | Three-storey smock |
| Base storeys | One storey |
| Smock sides | Eight sides |
| No. of sails | Four Sails |
| Type of sails | Patent sails |
| Winding | Fantail |
| No. of pairs of millstones | Two pairs |
History
editCrowfield Windmill was originally built as a drainage mill near Great Yarmouth. It was moved to Crowfield c1840 and converted to a corn mill. The mill worked by wind until 1916 when the cap was blown off. An auxiliary engine was used to power the millstones until the mid-1930s.[1]
Description
editCrowfield Windmill is a three-storey smock mill on a single-storey brick base. It had four patent sails and the boat-shaped cap was winded by a fantail.[1] It has two pairs of underdrift millstones which are mounted on a hurst frame.[2]
Millers
edit- Gibbons - 1930s
Reference for above:-[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Dolman, Peter (1978). Windmills in Suffolk. Ipswich: Suffolk Mills Group. p. 41. ISBN 0-9506447-0-6.
- ^ a b Flint, Brian (1979). Suffolk Windmills. Woodbridge: Boydell. p. 50. ISBN 0-85115-112-4.