Blakeney Tower Windmill was built in 1769 and is located on Friar Farm just to the east of the village

Village

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 of Blakeney

Blakeney, Norfolk

Blakeney is a coastal village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. Blakeney lies within the Norfolk Coast AONB and the North Norfolk Heritage Coast. The North Norfolk Coastal Path passes through the village...

 in the English

England

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 county

County

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 of Norfolk

Norfolk

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 . The mill, which today is owned by the National Trust

National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty

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 stands amongst a static caravan site. The building has been evaluated due to its historic interest as a Grade II listed building.

Description

The towermill stands over 4 storeys and is 32 feet tall. In its operational days the mill was powered with common sails and a tailpole. The configuration powered 2 pairs of grindstones. The doors and windows are unusual in that they have Gothic

Gothic Revival architecture

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 arches which were probably installed during rebuilding work in the 1800s. Also during this period 4 patent double shuttered sails were installed. These were struck by rack and pinion via a chain pole and drove 3 pairs of stones. Photograph

Photograph

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s from that period show the windmill had one pair of sails had 7 bays of 3 shutters and the other pair had 8 bays of 3 shutters. The top of the mill was capped with a dome with a finial

Finial

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. This capping was boarded horizontally and it had a 16 sided petticoat. There was also a gallery and an 8 bladed fan

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Blakeney Towermill