Barnham Windmill, Suffolk
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| Barnham Windmill | |
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Suffolk | |
|---|---|
| Type: | Windmill |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TL86757906 |
| Location: | 52°22’40"N, 0°44’32"E |
| Village: | Barnham |
| History | |
| Built 1821 | |
| Windmill | |
| Information | |
| Condition: | Converted to a house |
Barnham Mill is a tower mill at Barnham in Suffolk which has been converted to residential accommodation.
History
The mill was built for the George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton in 1821.[1] It is likely that the builder was George Bloomfield of Thelnetham. The mill was worked until 1923.[2] By the Second World War it was derelict, with the cap reduced to the frame and the fantail missing.[3] The mill was stripped of machinery in 1967.[1] It was subsequently incorporated into a house built alongside.[2]
Description
It is a three-storey tower mill which had four Patent sails[2] carried on a two piece cast iron windshaft.[1] It had a domed cap which was winded by a fantail. It had three pairs of millstones.[2]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Flint, Brian (1979). Suffolk Windmills. Woodbridge: Boydell. pp. 39, 43. ISBN 0-85115-112-4.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Dolman, Peter (1978). Windmills in Suffolk. Ipswich: Suffolk Mills Group. pp. 13, 40. ISBN 0-9506447-0-6.
- ↑ "Barnham windmill, Suffolk". Windmill World. http://www.windmillworld.com/millid/996.htm.