Cockfield Windmill

Cockfield Mill
Origin
Mill name	Cockfield Mill
Mill location	TL 904 539 52°09′01″N 0°47′02″E / 52.15028°N 0.78389°E / 52.15028; 0.78389
Operator(s)	Private
Year built	1891
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

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

History

Cockfield Mill was erected in 1891 by Brewer & Sillitoe, the Long Melford millwrights. It replaced Pepper Mill, an earlier tower mill on the site.^[1] It ceased work in 1900. The cap was removed c1918 and the mill was used for many years as a store.^[2] The empty tower has been converted to residential accommodation.^[1]

Description

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

Cockfield Mill is a four storey tower mill. It had a domed cap winded by a fantail. The four Patent sails drove two pairs of millstones.^[2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Regan, Dean (1997). Windmills of Suffolk. Suffolk: Dean Regan. pp. p54. ISBN 0-9531562-0-6. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Dolman, Peter (1978). Windmills in Suffolk. Ipswich: Suffolk Mills Group. pp. p41. ISBN 0-9506447-0-6. 

External links

• Windmill World webpage on Cockfield Mill.