Drinkstone windmills
Drinkstone Windmills are a pair of windmills at Drinkstone, Suffolk, England. They consist a post mill and a smock mill. The post mill is Grade I listed and the smock mill is Grade II* listed. The mills were known as Clover's Mills as they were always worked by the Clover family.
Drinkstone Post Mill | |
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Drinkstone post mill | |
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Mill name | Clover's Mill |
Grid reference | TL 964 622 |
Coordinates | 52.2234°N 0.8747°E |
Operator(s) | Private |
Year built | 1689 |
Information | |
Purpose | Corn mill |
Type | Post mill |
Roundhouse storeys | Single storey roundhouse |
No. of sails | Four sails |
Type of sails | Two Spring sails, two Common sails |
Windshaft | Wood, with cast iron poll end |
Winding | Fantail |
No. of pairs of millstones | Two pairs |
Drinkstone Smock Mill | |
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Drinkstone smock mill | |
Origin | |
Mill name | Clover's Mill |
Grid reference | TL 962 622 |
Operator(s) | Private |
Year built | 1780 |
Information | |
Purpose | Corn mill |
Type | Smock mill |
Storeys | Two-storey smock |
Base storeys | single-storey base |
Smock sides | Eight sides |
No. of sails | Four sails |
Type of sails | Two Spring sails and two Common sails |
Windshaft | Wood |
Winding | Fantail |
Other information | Base formerly a horse mill |
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