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Base used as store
The surviving base was used as a store after the loss of the smock mill.
Site overview
Shimpling Street smock mill was a large wind-powered corn mill dated 1792. It had a two-storey base, four patent sails, a domed cap with gallery and fantail, two pairs of stones on a hurst, and a stage at second-floor level. The mill ceased work before 1914 and was pulled down in 1935.
The base survived and was later used as a store.
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History
Shimpling Street smock mill was dated 1792. It was a large wind-powered corn mill with a two-storey base. The working mill had four patent sails, a domed cap with gallery and fantail, two pairs of stones on a hurst, and a stage at second-floor level.
It ceased work before 1914. The upper mill structure was pulled down in 1935, leaving only the base. The surviving base was roofed and used as a store, preserving the lower structural part of the former smock mill after the loss of the working superstructure.
Timeline
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Working ended
The mill ceased work before the First World War.
1792
Smock mill dated
Shimpling Street smock mill was dated to this year.
1935
Smock mill pulled down
The upper mill structure was pulled down, leaving the base.
Sources and records
Suffolk Heritage Explorer monument record
Mills Archive mill database entry
Windmill World site entry
Suffolk Mills Group windmills gazetteer
Mills Archive catalogue entries
Mills Archive mill database entry
Windmill World site entry
Suffolk Mills Group windmills gazetteer
Mills Archive catalogue entries