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Smock corn mill
The Framlingham site was a wind-powered smock corn mill.
Site overview
Framlingham smock mill survives as the converted base of a former wind-powered corn mill. The structure is known as The Round House. It is an octagonal whitewashed brick mill base with a conical thatched roof and central octagonal chimney stack, linked to an oblong wing.
The base was extended and converted to a house in the early nineteenth century and is listed Grade II.
Map
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History
Framlingham smock mill was a wind-powered corn mill at TM 283 632. The surviving structure is the former base, later known as The Round House. The octagonal base was built of whitewashed brick and was extended and converted to a house in the early nineteenth century.
Its domestic conversion gave it a conical thatched roof, overhanging eaves, and a central octagonal chimney stack. An oblong wing with a slate roof was added, and the rear retained two-light cast-iron casements with square leaded panes and pointed heads. The former mill base was listed Grade II on 25 October 1951.
The original working superstructure, cap, sails, and machinery no longer survive.
Timeline
1800–1832
Converted to a house
The octagonal smock mill base was extended and converted to a house in the early nineteenth century.
1951
Listed Grade II
The Round House was listed Grade II on 25 October 1951.
Sources and records
Historic England National Heritage List entry: Round House, Framlingham
Mills Archive mill record: Smock mill, Framlingham
Windmill World entry: Framlingham windmill
Suffolk Mills Group windmill gazetteer
Mills Archive mill record: Smock mill, Framlingham
Windmill World entry: Framlingham windmill
Suffolk Mills Group windmill gazetteer