Corton Windmill
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| Corton Mill | |
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  The mill in 1910 (above) and the converted mill (below) |
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| Origin | |
| Mill name | Corton Mill |
| Mill location | TM 542 974 52°30′55″N 1°44′44″E / 52.51528°N 1.74556°E |
| Operator(s) | Private |
| Year built | 1837 |
| Information | |
| Purpose | Corn mill |
| Type | Tower mill |
| Storeys | six storeys |
| Number of sails | Four Sails |
| Type of sails | Patent sails |
| Winding | Fantail |
| Fantail blades | Six blades |
| Number of pairs of millstones | Two pairs |
| Year lost | Early C20th |
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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[edit] 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]
[edit] Description
For an explanation of the various pieces of machinery, see Mill machinery.
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.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c "TOWER MILL, MILL LANE, CORTON, WAVENEY, SUFFOLK". English Heritage. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=282424. Retrieved 26 May 2009.
- ^ a b c Dolman, Peter (1978). Windmills in Suffolk. Ipswich: Suffolk Mills Group. pp. p41. ISBN 0-9506447-0-6.
[edit] External links
- Windmill World webpage on Corton Mill.
