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Corn mill worked
Great Thurlow windmill operated as a smock corn mill.
Site overview
Great Thurlow windmill is a smock corn mill that survives with machinery. The mill stands in the village of Great Thurlow and was listed at Grade II* in 1974. It has been conserved rather than reduced to a base or ruin, and restoration work was being undertaken by 2011.
The surviving structure retains its identity as a wind-powered corn mill.
Map
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No site photograph is currently available. Images will be added as field visits are carried out.
History
Great Thurlow windmill survives as a smock corn mill. The mill retains machinery and stands as a conserved structure rather than as a reduced base. It was listed at Grade II* in 1974.
Later work preserved the mill, and restoration was taking place by 2011. The main established significance of the site is the survival of the smock mill structure with machinery, allowing the former corn-milling function to remain legible.
Timeline
1974
Mill listed
The smock mill was listed at Grade II*.
2011
Restoration in progress
Restoration work was taking place by this year.
Sources and records
Windmill World site entry
Mills Archive mill database entry
Historic England National Heritage List entry
Geograph photographic record
Mills Archive mill database entry
Historic England National Heritage List entry
Geograph photographic record