1826
Earlier mill built
An earlier Broad Green post mill was built at Wetheringsett.
Site overview
Broad Green Mill at Wetheringsett was a wind-powered post corn mill. An earlier Broad Green post mill was built in 1826 and was blown down on 18 January 1881. A replacement post mill was erected soon afterwards and worked with a roundhouse, fantail, and internal machinery.
The mill was demolished in 1957, but the roundhouse survived and remains the visible structure at Broad Green.
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History
Broad Green Mill at Wetheringsett developed through two successive post mills. The earlier Broad Green post mill dated from 1826 and was blown down on 18 January 1881. A replacement post mill was erected soon afterwards on the Broad Green site.
The later mill worked as a wind-powered corn mill with a roundhouse and fantail; internal machinery included a brakewheel, wallower, upright shaft, and stones. The mill was derelict by the mid twentieth century and was demolished in 1957. The roundhouse survived after demolition and remains the principal visible remnant of the former Broad Green Mill.
Timeline
1881
Earlier mill blown down
The earlier Broad Green post mill was blown down.
1882
Replacement mill erected
A replacement Broad Green post mill was erected after the loss of the earlier mill.
1957
Post mill demolished
The replacement post mill was demolished, leaving the roundhouse as the surviving structure.
Sources and records
Suffolk Mills Group windmills gazetteer
Windmill World site entry
Windmill Photographic Register
Mills Archive catalogue entry
List of windmills in Suffolk
Wikimedia Commons image description
Windmill World site entry
Windmill Photographic Register
Mills Archive catalogue entry
List of windmills in Suffolk
Wikimedia Commons image description