Mill Stone - Stratton St Michael towermill - Stratton St Michael, Norfolk
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N 52° 28.927 E 001° 14.910
31U E 381059 N 5816105
Old mill stones leaning against the old tower mill at Stratton St Michael, Norfolk
Waymark Code: WMNM8V
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/02/2015
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Two mill stones leaning against the old tower mill. The mill is no longer active, but the site is still in use by Basil L Leeder & Sons Ltd, flour millers and animal feed producers. Roadside viewing only.
"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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