Corton Windmill

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Corton Mill
Corton Mill 1910.jpg

Corton windmill.jpg
The mill in 1910 (above) and the converted mill (below)
Corton Windmill
Origin
Mill nameCorton Mill
Mill location TM 542 974
Coordinates 52°30′55″N1°44′44″E / 52.51528°N 1.74556°E / 52.51528; 1.74556 Coordinates: 52°30′55″N1°44′44″E / 52.51528°N 1.74556°E / 52.51528; 1.74556
Operator(s)Private
Year built1837
Information
Purpose Corn mill
Type Tower mill
Storeyssix storeys
No. of sailsFour Sails
Type of sails Patent sails
Winding Fantail
Fantail bladesSix blades
No. of pairs of millstonesTwo pairs
Year lostEarly 20th century

Corton Mill is a Grade II listed [1] tower mill at Corton, Suffolk, England which has been converted to residential accommodation.

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History

Corton Mill was erected in 1837. It ceased work before the First World War [2] and was later truncated by one storey. [1] The mill was used for many years as a store. [2]

Description

Corton Mill was a six storey tower mill. It had a boat shaped cap winded by a bladed fantail. The four Patent sails drove two pairs of millstones. [2] The mill was built with room to add a further two pairs of millstones. [1] Photographs show the fantail to have been six bladed and that the sails had ten bays of three shutters.


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References

  1. 1 2 3 Historic England. "TOWER MILL, MILL LANE, CORTON, WAVENEY, SUFFOLK (1031938)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 26 May 2009.
  2. 1 2 3 Dolman, Peter (1978). Windmills in Suffolk. Ipswich: Suffolk Mills Group. p. 41. ISBN   0-9506447-0-6.
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