Stansfield Mill is a
Grade II listed
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tower mill
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Stansfield, Suffolk, England which is derelict.
History
Stansfield Mill was built in 1840, replacing an earlier
post mill
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.
The
millwright
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who built the mill is probably William Bear of
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[ It is not recorded when the mill ceased work, but the cap was removed in 1922 and the mill subsequently became derelict.]
Description
''Stansfield Mill'' is a five-storey tower mill. It had a dome shaped cap winded by a ''fantail''. There were four ''Patent sails''. The machinery is of wood,[ including the clasp arm ''great spur wheel''.][ The mill drove two pairs of ''millstones''.][
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References
External links
Windmill World
webpage on Stansfield Mill.
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