Creeting St Mary Windmill
{{Short description|Windmill in Creeting St Mary, Suffolk, England}}
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|operator = Private
|built = 1796
|purpose = Corn mill
|type = Post mill
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|sail_number = Four Sails
|sail_type = Patent Sails
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Creeting St Mary Windmill is a Grade II listed{{NHLE| num=1182292 | desc =DOVECOTE AT HOUGHTON PARK FARMHOUSE, ST MARYS ROAD, CREETING ST MARY, MID SUFFOLK, SUFFOLK | access-date= 20 May 2009}} dovecote at Creeting St Mary, Suffolk, England which has been restored. It was originally the body of a post mill which stood elsewhere in the village.
History
Creeting St Mary windmill was built in 1796{{cite web|url=http://www.aldercarrfarm.co.uk/ThePostMill.htm |title=The Post Mill |publisher=Alder Carr Farm |access-date=20 May 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080908084626/http://www.aldercarrfarm.co.uk/ThePostMill.htm |archive-date=8 September 2008 }} at {{gbmapping|TM 095 558}}.{{cite book | first =Peter| last = Dolman| year = 1978| title = Windmills in Suffolk | pages= 41| publisher = Suffolk Mills Group| location = Ipswich| isbn = 0-9506447-0-6}} The mill was dismantled c1860, and the body was moved to the grounds of the medieval hall known as Houghton Park Farm, now [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1624038 The Old Hall]. The Mill was part of the complex of outbuildings, which later became Alder Carr Farm. The mill had Patent sails, which were transferred to a tower mill at Kersey when the mill was dismantled.{{cite book | first =Brian| last = Flint| year = 1979| title = Suffolk Windmills | pages= 36| publisher = Boydell| location = Woodbridge| isbn = 0-85115-112-4}} It served for many years as a dovecote. It is the only such example of a reused windmill buck remaining in the country. The building was derelict by the late 1970s but was restored in 1995, and moved to a new position on the farm, converted to a craft workshop. The buck retains all its original framing.
Description
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Creeting St Mary Windmill was a post mill with four Patent sails.
Public access
Alder Carr Farm is open every day 9:00 to 17:00 except Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day. The mill building is currently home to Halfpenny Home Haberdashery and all areas are open to the public Tuesday to Saturday from 10:00 to 16:00 and after Easter also on Sundays from 10:00 to 16:00.{{cite web|url=http://www.suffolkmills.org.uk/windmills/creetingstmary.html |title=Creeting St Mary Windmill |publisher=Suffolk Mills Group |access-date=20 May 2009}}
References
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{{Windmills in England}}
Category:Post mills in the United Kingdom
Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1796
Category:Windmills completed in the 18th century
Category:Grinding mills in the United Kingdom
Category:Grade II listed buildings in Suffolk