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Roundhouse bricks reused
After the roundhouse was demolished, some of its bricks were reused in a house built in the shape of a post mill.
Site overview
Ladbrook's Mill was a wind-powered corn post mill at Elmsett. It stood at TM 047 465 and is associated with a post-mill roundhouse. The mill was built around 1830 and was demolished in 1929 or 1930.
The roundhouse was later demolished, and some of its bricks were reused in a house built in the shape of a post mill.
Map
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History
Ladbrook's Mill stood at Elmsett as a wind-powered corn post mill. The mill is identified at TM 047 465 and was built around 1830. It remained a post mill through the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries before demolition in 1929 or 1930.
The roundhouse survived the loss of the mill body for a period, but it was later demolished. Some of the roundhouse bricks were reused in the construction of a house shaped like a post mill, preserving a later architectural reference to the former mill site.
Timeline
1830
Post mill built
Ladbrook's Mill was built at Elmsett around 1830 as a wind-powered corn post mill.
1929–1930
Mill demolished
The post mill was demolished in 1929 or 1930.
Sources and records
Mills Archive mill index: Ladbrook's Mill, Elmsett
Suffolk Mills Group windmills list
List of windmills in Suffolk
Suffolk Mills Group windmills list
List of windmills in Suffolk