Blundeston Windmill

Blundeston Windmill
The mill in June 2011
Origin
Mill name	Blundeston Mill
Grid reference	TM 5165 9747
Coordinates	52°31′00″N 1°42′26″E / 52.51676°N 1.70734°E / 52.51676; 1.70734Coordinates: 52°31′00″N 1°42′26″E / 52.51676°N 1.70734°E / 52.51676; 1.70734
Operator(s)	Private
Year built	c1820
Information
Purpose	Corn mill
Type	Tower mill
Storeys	Four storeys
Number of sails	Four Sails
Type of sails	Patent sails
Winding	Fantail
Number of pairs of millstones	Two pairs

Blundeston Mill is a tower mill at Blundeston, Suffolk, England which has been converted to residential accommodation.

History

Blundeston Mill was built c1820 by Robert Martin, the Beccles millwright. The mill was worked until 1923 and dismantled in 1933 when it was converted to a house.^[1]

Description

For an explanation of the various pieces of machinery, see Mill machinery.

Blundeston Mill is a four storey tower mill which had four Patent sails. The boat shaped cap was winded by a fantail. The mill drove two pairs of millstones^[1]

References

1 2 Dolman, Peter (1978). Windmills in Suffolk. Ipswich: Suffolk Mills Group. pp. 13, 40. ISBN 0-9506447-0-6.

External links

Windmill World Webpage on Blundeston Mill.
Blundeston and District Local History Society Webpage with some photographs of Blundeston Windmill.

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