Stansfield Windmill
Stansfield Mill | |
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The mill in 2006 | |
Origin | |
Mill location |
TL 785 528 52°08′40″N 0°36′35″E / 52.14444°N 0.60972°E |
Operator(s) | Private |
Year built | 1840 |
Information | |
Purpose | Corn mill |
Type | Tower mill |
Storeys | Five storeys |
Number of sails | Four Sails |
Type of sails | Patent sails |
Winding | Fantail |
Number of pairs of millstones | Two pairs |
Stansfield Mill is a Grade II listed[1] tower mill at Stansfield, Suffolk, England which is derelict.
History
Stansfield Mill was built in 1840, replacing an earlier post mill.[2] The millwright who built the mill is probably William Bear of Sudbury.[1] It is not recorded when the mill ceased work, but the cap was removed in 1922 and the mill subsequently became derelict.[3]
Description
Stansfield Mill is a five storey tower mill. It had a dome shaped cap winded by a fantail. There were four Patent sails. The machinery is of wood,[3] including the clasp arm great spur wheel.[1] The mill drove two pairs of millstones.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "TOWER MILL IMMEDIATELY WEST OF MILL HOUSE, STANSFIELD, ST EDMUNDSBURY, SUFFOLK". English Heritage. Retrieved 3 June 2009.
- ↑ Flint, Brian (1979). Suffolk Windmills. Woodbridge: Boydell. pp. p100–101. ISBN 0-85115-112-4.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Dolman, Peter (1978). Windmills in Suffolk. Ipswich: Suffolk Mills Group. pp. p46. ISBN 0-9506447-0-6.
External links
- Windmill World webpage on Stansfield Mill.