Stratton St Michael towermill - Stratton St Michael, Norfolk
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N 52° 28.927 E 001° 14.910
31U E 381059 N 5816104
Originally built as a three storey red brick mill, two additional stories had been added by 1865. Here viewed looking east, at the entrance to the gate seen in the older picture from around 1900.
Waymark Code: WMNHMM
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 03/19/2015
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Here viewed from the west (looking east), at the entrance to the gate seen in the older picture from around 1900.
"Stratton St Michael towermill was built on a site to the east of the A140 Norwich to Ipswich road. Originally built as a three storey red brick mill, two additional stories had been added by 1865, with the batter being reduced. A steam engine was installed c.1914 to provide auxiliary power.
A postmill to the north of the mill house was under the same ownership during at least the 1820s and 1830s.
The mill used 4 double shuttered sails struck by rack and pinion to power 2 pairs of stones and 2 flour mills. Each sail had 8 bays of 3 and 1 bay of 2 shutters. The Norfolk boat shaped cap had a petticoat and held a 6 bladed fan and a chain pole. Rex Wailes reported that on the upright shaft, a footstep in a brass pot was let into a spindle beam.
By 1972 a leanto building had been built against the tower and the mill had been capped with a conical green roof bearing a weathervane. At this time the mill was still trading as Long Stratton Mills."
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