| Crowfield Windmill | |
| Name Of Mill: | Crowfield Mill |
| Coordinates: | 52.17°N 1.1464°W |
| Operator: | Private |
| Built: | c1840 |
| Purpose: | Corn mill |
| Type: | Smock mill |
| Storeys: | Three-storey smock |
| Base Storeys: | One storey |
| Smock Sides: | Eight sides |
| Sail Number: | Four Sails |
| Sail Type: | Patent sails |
| Winding: | Fantail |
| Pairs Of Millstones: | Two pairs |
Crowfield Windmill is a smock mill at Crowfield, Suffolk, England which has been conserved.
Crowfield Windmill was originally built as a drainage mill near Great Yarmouth. It was moved to Crowfield c1840 and converted to a corn mill. The mill worked by wind until 1916 when the cap was blown off. An auxiliary engine was used to power the millstones until the mid-1930s.[1]
Crowfield Windmill is a three-storey smock mill on a single-storey brick base. It had four patent sails and the boat-shaped cap was winded by a fantail.[1] It has two pairs of underdrift millstones which are mounted on a hurst frame.[2]
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