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Site overview

Occold smock mill was a wind-powered corn mill. The mill was moved from Eye to Occold and stood as a tall octagonal smock mill on a two-storey brick base. It was demolished in 1921.

The surviving remains are the unroofed short outline walls from the bottom floor of the former two-storey base.

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History

Occold smock mill was a wind-powered corn mill. The mill was moved from Eye to Occold and rebuilt as a tall octagonal smock mill. It had six floors above a two-storey brick base.

After its removal from Eye, the mill worked at Occold with four long sails. The mill was demolished in 1921. The surviving remains are reduced to the unroofed lower outline walls from the bottom floor of the former base, preserving only the footprint of the lower structure rather than the full smock mill.

Timeline

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Mill moved from Eye

The smock mill was moved from Eye to Occold.
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Corn mill worked

Occold smock mill worked as a wind-powered corn mill.
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Base remains survived

The unroofed lower walling of the two-storey base survived at the mill site.
1921

Mill demolished

Occold smock mill was demolished.

Sources and records

Windmill World site entry
Mills Archive mill database entry
Archives Hub Mills Archive catalogue entry
Suffolk Mills Group windmills gazetteer
List of windmills in Suffolk