Crowfield Windmill | |
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![]() Crowfield Mill, April 2007 | |
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Origin | |
Mill name | Crowfield Mill |
Mill location | TM 151 571 |
Coordinates | 52°10′12″N1°08′47″E / 52.17000°N 1.14639°E |
Operator(s) | Private |
Year built | c1840 |
Information | |
Purpose | Corn mill |
Type | Smock mill |
Storeys | Three-storey smock |
Base storeys | One storey |
Smock sides | Eight sides |
No. of sails | Four Sails |
Type of sails | Patent sails |
Winding | Fantail |
No. of pairs of millstones | Two pairs |
Crowfield Windmill is a smock mill at Crowfield, Suffolk, England which has been conserved.
Crowfield Windmill was originally built as a drainage mill near Great Yarmouth. It was moved to Crowfield c1840 and converted to a corn mill. The mill worked by wind until 1916 when the cap was blown off. An auxiliary engine was used to power the millstones until the mid-1930s. [1]
Crowfield Windmill is a three-storey smock mill on a single-storey brick base. It had four patent sails and the boat-shaped cap was winded by a fantail. [1] It has two pairs of underdrift millstones which are mounted on a hurst frame. [2]
Reference for above:- [2]
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