Skoulding's Mill is a

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tower mill at Kelsale,

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, England which has been converted to residential accommodation.

History

Skoulding's Mill was built in 1856 by John Whitmore, the Wickham Market

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. It was intended to replace a post mill in the same yard. It worked in conjunction with the post mill and a steam mill erected close by. The mill worked by wind until c1905 when it was refitted with roller milling equipment driven by a

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. The cap was removed in the early 1950s and the mill stripped of machinery at a later date. The empty mill tower was converted to residential accommodation.

Description

''Skoulding's Mill'' is a tall seven storey tower mill. The tower is to the curb. It is diameter at the base and diameter at curb leve. The walls are thick at ground level. The mill had an ogee cap with a gallery, winded by a ''fantail''. The four double ''Patent sails'' drove three pairs of ''millstones''. The lower two storeys of the mill were tarred, with the upper five painted white. The converted mill has a flat roof with a guard rail and a flagpole.

Millers

*T & J Skoulding 1865 - Reference for above:-

References

External links

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