Barnham Windmill, Suffolk

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

Barnham Windmill
Origin
Mill name	Barnham Mill
Mill location	TL 867 791
Coordinates	52°22′41″N 0°44′38″E
Operator(s)	Private
Year built	1821
Information
Purpose	Corn mill
Type	Tower mill
Storeys	Three storeys
No. of sails	Four Sails
Type of sails	Patent sails
Windshaft	Cast iron
Winding	Fantail
No. of pairs of millstones	Three pairs

History

Barnham Mill was built for the Duke of Grafton in 1821.[1] It is likely that the builder was George Bloomfield of Thelnetham. The mill was worked until 1923.[2] By the Second World War it was derelict, with the cap reduced to the frame and the fantail missing.[3] The mill was stripped of machinery in 1967.[1] It was subsequently incorporated into a house built alongside.[2]

Description

Barnham Mill is a three-storey tower mill which had four Patent sails[2] carried on a two piece cast iron windshaft.[1] It had a domed cap which was winded by a fantail. It had three pairs of millstones.[2]

References

1. Flint, Brian (1979). Suffolk Windmills. Woodbridge: Boydell. pp. 39, 43. ISBN 0-85115-112-4.
2. Dolman, Peter (1978). Windmills in Suffolk. Ipswich: Suffolk Mills Group. pp. 13, 40. ISBN 0-9506447-0-6.
3. "Barnham windmill, Suffolk". Windmill World. Retrieved 9 October 2009.

External links

• Photo of converted mill