Barnham Mill is a

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at Barnham,

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which has been converted to residential accommodation.

History

''Barnham'' Mill was built for the

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in 1821. It is likely that the builder was George Bloomfield of

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. The mill was worked until 1923. By the

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it was derelict, with the cap reduced to the frame and the fantail missing. The mill was stripped of machinery in 1967. It was subsequently incorporated into a house built alongside.

Description

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

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s''.

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Photo of converted mill
{{Authority control Windmills in Suffolk Tower mills in the United Kingdom Windmills completed in 1821 Grinding mills in the United Kingdom Borough of St Edmundsbury Towers completed in 1821