Stansfield Windmill

Stansfield Mill
The mill in 2006
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Origin
Mill locationTL 785 528
Coordinates52°08′40″N 0°36′35″E / 52.14444°N 0.60972°E / 52.14444; 0.60972
Operator(s)Private
Year built1840
Information
PurposeCorn mill
TypeTower mill
StoreysFive storeys
No. of sailsFour Sails
Type of sailsPatent sails
WindingFantail
No. of pairs of millstonesTwo pairs

Stansfield Mill is a Grade II listed[1] tower mill at Stansfield, Suffolk, England which is derelict.

History

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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

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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

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  1. ^ a b c Historic England. "TOWER MILL IMMEDIATELY WEST OF MILL HOUSE, STANSFIELD, ST EDMUNDSBURY, SUFFOLK (1264610)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 June 2009.
  2. ^ Flint, Brian (1979). Suffolk Windmills. Woodbridge: Boydell. pp. 100–101. ISBN 0-85115-112-4.
  3. ^ a b c Dolman, Peter (1978). Windmills in Suffolk. Ipswich: Suffolk Mills Group. p. 46. ISBN 0-9506447-0-6.
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