General view of the windmill from the south-west

Date:
18 Jan 2024
Location:
Thorpeness Mill, Uplands Road, Aldringham cum Thorpe, Thorpeness, East Suffolk, Suffolk
Reference:
DP440344
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
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Description

Photographer's note: 'Post windmill. Early C19; moved here from Mill Lane, Aldringham in 1922-3 and converted from a corn mill to pump water. Restored to working order in 1977. Timber framed and weatherboarded body on square pantiled base. 4 patent sails and fantail. Internal machinery intact. There is a reciprocating drive to the pump rod which passes through the centre of the main post to a pump in the well below.'

Content

This is part of the Job: 2K/35034 House in the Clouds, Uplands Road, Thorpeness, Suffolk; within the Volume: VF000001 General English Heritage & Historic England Incoming Digital Photography; within the Series: EHC01/068 Incoming English Heritage Digital Field Photography; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(EH):Archive

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Lever, Sarah J: Historic England

Keywords

Post Mill