Barnham Windmill, Suffolk
Encyclopedia
Barnham Mill is a tower mill
at Barnham
, Suffolk
, England
which has been converted to residential accommodation.
in 1821. It is likely that the builder was George Bloomfield of Thelnetham
. The mill was worked until 1923. By the Second World War it was derelict, with the cap reduced to the frame and the fantail missing. The mill was stripped of machinery in 1967. It was subsequently incorporated into a house built alongside.
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Tower mill
A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind....
at Barnham
Barnham, Suffolk
Barnham is a village and civil parish in the St Edmundsbury district of Suffolk, England. It is about south of Thetford. According to Eilert Ekwall the meaning of the village name is "Beorn's homestead"...
, Suffolk
Suffolk
Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
which has been converted to residential accommodation.
History
Barnham Mill was built for the Duke of GraftonGeorge FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton
George Henry FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton, KG was a British peer and Whig politician, known as Earl of Euston from birth until 1811....
in 1821. It is likely that the builder was George Bloomfield of Thelnetham
Thelnetham Windmill
Thelnetham Windmill, also known as Button's Mill is a Grade II* listed tower mill constructed of brick. The windmill is located at Thelnetham, Suffolk, England. It was built in the early nineteenth century to grind wheat into flour...
. The mill was worked until 1923. By the Second World War it was derelict, with the cap reduced to the frame and the fantail missing. The mill was stripped of machinery in 1967. It was subsequently incorporated into a house built alongside.
Description
Barnham Mill is a three storey tower mill which had four Patent sails carried on a two piece cast iron windshaft. It had and a domed cap which was winded by a fantail. It had three pairs of millstoneMillstone
Millstones or mill stones are used in windmills and watermills, including tide mills, for grinding wheat or other grains.The type of stone most suitable for making millstones is a siliceous rock called burrstone , an open-textured, porous but tough, fine-grained sandstone, or a silicified,...
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