Blundeston Windmill
{{Short description | Residential conversion of Blundeston Mill in Suffolk}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2016}}
{{Infobox Windmill
|name = Blundeston Windmill
|image = Blundeston windmill June2011.jpg
|image_size = 150px
|caption = The mill in June 2011
|name_of_mill = Blundeston Mill
|location_of_mill =
|gbgridref = TM 5165 9747
|coordinates = {{coord|52.51676|1.70734|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline,title}}
|operator = Private
|built = c1820
|purpose = Corn mill
|type = Tower mill
|storeys = Four storeys
|sail_number = Four Sails
|sail_type = Patent sails
|windshaft =
|winding = Fantail
|fantail_blades =
|auxpower =
|pairs_of_millstones= Two pairs
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}}
Blundeston Mill is a tower mill at Blundeston, Suffolk, England which has been converted to residential accommodation.
History
Blundeston Mill was built c1820 by Robert Martin, the Beccles millwright. The mill was worked until 1923 and dismantled in 1933 when it was converted to a house.{{cite book | first =Peter| last = Dolman| year = 1978| title = Windmills in Suffolk | pages= 13, 40| publisher = Suffolk Mills Group| location = Ipswich| isbn = 0-9506447-0-6}}
Description
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Blundeston Mill is a four-storey tower mill which had four Patent sails. The boat shaped cap was winded by a fantail. The mill drove two pairs of millstones
References
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External links
- [http://www.windmillworld.com/millid/1003.htm Windmill World] Webpage on Blundeston Mill.
- [http://blundestonhistory.co.uk/Photo-Gallery.php Blundeston and District Local History Society] Webpage with some photographs of Blundeston Windmill.
{{Windmills in England}}
Category:Towers completed in 1820
Category:Industrial buildings completed in 1820
Category:Tower mills in the United Kingdom