Mill location TL 785 528 Purpose Corn mill Storeys Five storeys Year built 1840 | Operator(s) Private Type Tower mill No. of sails Four Sails | |
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Stansfield Mill is a Grade II listed tower mill at Stansfield, Suffolk, England which is derelict.
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History
Stansfield Mill was built in 1840, replacing an earlier post mill. The millwright who built the mill is probably William Bear of Sudbury. 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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