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Patent sails and two pairs of stones
The mill had four patent sails, two pairs of stones, and a fantail.
Site overview
St James South Elmham Post Mill was a large post mill with a two-storey roundhouse. It was moved to the site in 1897, with Harleston and Starston both associated with accounts of its previous location. The mill had four patent sails, two pairs of stones, and a fantail.
It was demolished in June or July 1923, but the roundhouse remains and is used as a store.
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History
St James South Elmham Post Mill was a nineteenth-century post mill. It was a large mill with a two-storey roundhouse and was moved to St James South Elmham in 1897. One account gives Harleston as the previous location, while another associates the mill with Starston, Norfolk.
The mill was equipped with four patent sails, two pairs of stones, and a fantail. It was demolished in June or July 1923. The roundhouse survived after the loss of the buck and machinery and remains in later use as a store.
A nearby post-mill buck was removed in 1972.
Timeline
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Roundhouse used as store
The surviving roundhouse remains in use as a store.
1864
Post mill built
The mill is also said to have been built in 1864.
1897
Mill moved to St James South Elmham
The large post mill was moved to St James South Elmham in 1897.
1923
Mill demolished
The post mill was demolished in June or July 1923.
Sources and records
Suffolk Heritage Explorer monument record: SEJ 032, Windmill
Windmill World entry: St James South Elmham windmill
Norfolk Mills: Starston post mill
Windmill World entry: St James South Elmham windmill
Norfolk Mills: Starston post mill