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New Mill built
The five-storey tower mill was built south-west of Attleborough, east of Hargham Road.
Site overview
Attleborough New Mill stood south-west of the town, east of Hargham Road. It was a five-storey tower mill running three pairs of stones, with four double-shuttered sails and a Norfolk boat-shaped cap with gallery. An adjacent steam mill with a 12 h.p. condensing engine and beam engine drove four additional pairs of stones and a flour mill, and the whole complex was known as New Mills.
The windmill and steam mill were advertised together in the nineteenth century as a substantial milling property with dwelling house, granaries, stables and land. The researched record identifies a major wind and steam milling complex, but the surviving evidence is for the site and history rather than a complete operating windmill.
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History
Attleborough New Mill stood to the south-west of Attleborough on the east side of Hargham Road. It was a five-storey tower mill fitted with four double-shuttered sails, each with nine bays of three shutters, and a Norfolk boat-shaped cap with gallery. The windmill drove three pairs of stones.
The complex was known as New Mills because a steam mill stood on the same site. The steam mill housed a 12 h.p. condensing steam engine and beam engine, and this powered four additional pairs of stones and a flour mill. Nineteenth-century advertisements described a substantial milling concern with tower windmill, steam mill, dwelling house, granaries, stables and adjoining land.
The combination of wind and steam power gave the site greater capacity than a simple tower mill. The available sources identify the machinery and site arrangement, but do not provide a complete final closure sequence or detailed survival statement for the tower. The site is therefore recorded as the former location of a substantial Attleborough wind and steam milling complex.
Timeline
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Three-pair tower mill worked
The tower mill used four double-shuttered sails and a Norfolk boat-shaped cap to drive three pairs of stones.
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Steam mill operated on site
An adjacent steam mill with a 12 h.p. condensing engine and beam engine drove four additional pairs of stones and a flour mill.
Sources and records
Norfolk Mills: Attleborough New Mill tower windmill
Norfolk Chronicle sale notices
Norfolk directory references
Norfolk Chronicle sale notices
Norfolk directory references