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Lound Windmill

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Mill location
  
TG 498 005

Purpose
  
Corn mill

Storeys
  
Four storeys

Year built
  
1837

Operator(s)
  
Private

Type
  
Tower mill

No. of sails
  
Four Sails

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

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History

Lound Mill was built in 1837 by Robert Martin, the Beccles millwright replacing an earlier post mill. The mill worked by wind until 1939. The machinery was removed c1961 when the mill was converted to residential accommodation.

Description

Lound Mill is a four storey tower mill. It had a boat shaped cap with a gallery and was winded by a fantail. The four Patent sails drove three pairs of millstones.

References

Lound Windmill Wikipedia