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Mill name
  
Gazeley Mill

Operator(s)
  
Private

Type
  
Tower mill

Year built
  
1844

Mill location
  
TL 717 649

Purpose
  
Corn mill

Storeys
  
Six storeys

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Gazeley Mill is a tower mill at Gazeley, Suffolk, England which has been converted to residential accommodation.

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History

Gazeley Mill was built in 1837 by William Death, replacing a nearby post mill. The mill drove five pairs of millstones. A Gippeswyck oil engine was installed by Turners, the Soham millwrights in 1880. In 1893, a one-and-a-half-sack roller mill made by Messrs E R & F Turner of Ipswich was installed. This was driven by the oil engine, which could also drive three of the five pairs of millstones. The mill ceased work c1920 and was stripped of machinery and house converted in 1947.

Description

Gazeley Mill is a six storey tower mill. It had a boat shaped cap with a gallery, winded by a fantail. The four Patent sails drove five pairs of millstones.

Millers

  • William Death 1844-93
  • R J Harvey 1983-1910
  • References for above:-

    References

    Gazeley Windmill Wikipedia