Tutelina Mill, also known as Clarke's Mill, is a

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tower mill at

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which has been conserved.

History

Tutelina Mill was built in 1865 and shares its name with a Roman harvest goddess (now usually known as Tutilina). A steam mill was erected nearby. The windmill worked by wind until 1910. The sails were removed in 1916, and the mill was worked by a Crossley engine until the mid-1960s.

Description

''Tutelina Mill'' is a small four storey tower mill. The tower is to the curb. It had a domed cap, winded by a ''fantail''. The four ''Patent sails'' drove two pairs of ''millstones''. The ''wallower'' is

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with wooden teeth, carried on a cast iron ''upright shaft''. The ''great spur wheel'' is also cast iron with wooden teeth.

References

External links

Windmill World
webpage on Tutelina Mill.
2007 photo
of the mill. {{Windmills in England Windmills in Suffolk Tower mills in the United Kingdom Windmills completed in 1865 Grinding mills in the United Kingdom Grade II listed buildings in Suffolk Grade II listed windmills Borough of St Edmundsbury