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

History

Barnham Mill was built for the Duke of Grafton in 1821.[1] It is likely that the builder was George Bloomfield of Thelnetham. The mill was worked until 1923.[2] By the Second World War it was derelict, with the cap reduced to the frame and the fantail missing.[3] The mill was stripped of machinery in 1967.[1] It was subsequently incorporated into a house built alongside.[2]

Description

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

Barnham Mill is a three-storey tower mill which had four Patent sails[2] carried on a two piece cast iron windshaft.[1] It had a domed cap which was winded by a fantail. It had three pairs of millstones.[2]


References

  1. ^ a b c Flint, Brian (1979). Suffolk Windmills. Woodbridge: Boydell. pp. 39, 43. ISBN 0-85115-112-4.
  2. ^ a b c d Dolman, Peter (1978). Windmills in Suffolk. Ipswich: Suffolk Mills Group. pp. 13, 40. ISBN 0-9506447-0-6.
  3. ^ "Barnham windmill, Suffolk". Windmill World. Retrieved 9 October 2009.
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnham_Windmill,_Suffolk
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