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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°EOperator(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.
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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
- ^ a b Regan, Dean (1997). Windmills of Suffolk. Suffolk: Dean Regan. pp. p54. ISBN 0-9531562-0-6.
- ^ 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.
Categories:- Windmills in Suffolk
- Tower mills
- Buildings and structures completed in 1891
- Agricultural buildings
- Grinding mills
- Babergh
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