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Roundhouse converted to house
The surviving roundhouse was converted into a house.
Site overview
George Hill Mill, also known as Stanton Chair Mill or Barningham Road Mill, was a post mill used for corn milling at Stanton. It is recorded with a surviving roundhouse converted to a house. The mill was known by 1824 and was still present in the early twentieth century.
Map
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History
George Hill Mill was a post mill used for corn milling at Stanton. It is also identified as Stanton Chair Mill or Barningham Road Mill. The mill was known by 1824 and survived into the early twentieth century.
Later images show the mill with two sails and then the surviving roundhouse. The roundhouse survived after the loss of the working mill body and has been converted into a house.
Timeline
1824
Mill in use at Stanton
George Hill Mill was known by 1824 as a post mill at Stanton.
1915
Early twentieth-century survival
The mill survived into the early twentieth century.
Sources and records
Windmill World entry: George Hill Mill, Stanton
Mills Archive mill record: Barningham Road Mill, Stanton
Suffolk Mills Group list: Windmills of Suffolk
Guy Blythman Windmill Photographic Register: Stanton, Barningham Road post mill
Mills Archive mill record: Barningham Road Mill, Stanton
Suffolk Mills Group list: Windmills of Suffolk
Guy Blythman Windmill Photographic Register: Stanton, Barningham Road post mill