Monument record YOX 005 - Round House

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Summary

Large post mill with two storey roundhouse.

Location

Grid reference Centred TM 3953 6825 (50m by 50m)
Map sheet TM36NE
Civil Parish YOXFORD, SUFFOLK COASTAL, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Large post mill with two storey roundhouse. It was built in th early C19 and was pulled down circa 1900. The roundhouse remains, converted into a house. There were four patent sails, two pairs of stones in the head and a third in the tail and a fantail. The site of another post mill can be seen nearby as a hollow in the ground (S1).
Flint cites TM 396 682 and 395 681 for mill sites, built circa 1813 and dismantled after 1910 (S2).
Note a windmill appears to be shown S of the church, at circa TM 395 687 approx, on Hodskinson's 1783 map.

Sources/Archives (5)

  • <M1> (No record type): Mills file: (S1)(S2)(S3).
  • <S1> Bibliographic reference: Dolman, P. 1978. Windmills in Suffolk: a contemporary survey. 49.
  • <S2> Unpublished document: Flint, B.. 1979. Suffolk Windmills.
  • <S3> Digital archive: Historic England. National Record Of the Historic Environment.
  • <S4> Article in serial: A, A. Bryan. 1998. Windmill gazetteer for England.

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Record last edited

Aug 24 2021 3:21PM

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