Cockfield Windmill

Cockfield Mill
Origin
Mill name Cockfield Mill
Mill location TL 904 539
Operator(s) Private
Year built 1891
Information
Purpose Corn mill
Type Tower mill
Storeys Four storeys
Number of sails Four Sails
Type of sails Patent sails
Winding Fantail
Number of pairs of millstones Two pairs

Cockfield Mill is a tower mill at Cockfield, Suffolk, England which has been converted to residential accommodation.

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History

Cockfield Mill was erected in 1891 by Brewer & Sillitoe, the Long Melford millwrights. It replaced Pepper Mill, an earlier tower mill on the site.[1] It ceased work in 1900. The cap was removed c1918 and the mill was used for many years as a store.[2] The empty tower has been converted to residential accommodation.[1]

Description

For an explanation of the various pieces of machinery, see Mill machinery.

Cockfield Mill is a four storey tower mill. It had a domed cap winded by a fantail. The four Patent sails drove two pairs of millstones.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Regan, Dean (1997). Windmills of Suffolk. Suffolk: Dean Regan. pp. p54. ISBN 0-9531562-0-6. 
  2. ^ a b Dolman, Peter (1978). Windmills in Suffolk. Ipswich: Suffolk Mills Group. pp. p41. ISBN 0-9506447-0-6. 

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