Corton Mill is a Grade II listed[1] tower mill at Corton, Suffolk, England, which has been converted to residential accommodation.

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]

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.


References

  1. ^ a b c Historic England. "TOWER MILL, MILL LANE, CORTON, WAVENEY, SUFFOLK (1031938)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 May 2009.
  2. ^ a b c Dolman, Peter (1978). Windmills in Suffolk. Ipswich: Suffolk Mills Group. p. 41. ISBN 0-9506447-0-6.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corton_Windmill
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