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Four-storey corn mill
The mill had four patent sails, an ogee cap with a gallery, and a fantail.
Site overview
Eriswell smock mill was a four-storey wind-powered corn mill. It was built in the mid-nineteenth century and had four patent sails, an ogee cap with gallery, and a fantail. The mill was pulled down after the Great War, leaving the base as the surviving structural remnant.
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History
Eriswell smock mill was a four-storey corn mill built in the mid-nineteenth century. It stood at TL 723 801 and had four patent sails, an ogee cap with a gallery, and a fantail. The mill was shown on the second edition Ordnance Survey map.
It was pulled down after the Great War, leaving the base as the surviving element of the windmill. The later use of the base has not been established.
Timeline
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Base survives
The base survives as the principal remnant of the former smock mill.
1850–1869
Smock mill built
Eriswell smock mill was built in the mid-nineteenth century.
1918
Mill pulled down
The smock mill was pulled down after the Great War, leaving the base.
Sources and records
Suffolk Heritage Explorer monument record: Windmill ERL 077
Mills Archive catalogue entry: Base, smock mill, Eriswell
Windmill World entry: Eriswell windmill
Suffolk Mills Group windmill gazetteer
List of windmills in Suffolk
Mills Archive catalogue entry: Base, smock mill, Eriswell
Windmill World entry: Eriswell windmill
Suffolk Mills Group windmill gazetteer
List of windmills in Suffolk