East Runton Windmill

East Runton Windmill
East Runton Windmill, January 2008
Origin
Mill name	East Runton Mill
Mill location	TG 2005 4229 52°55′58.56″N 1°16′22.39″E / 52.9329333°N 1.2728861°E / 52.9329333; 1.2728861
Operator(s)	Private
Year built	1820s
Information
Purpose	Corn mill
Type	Tower mill
Storeys	Five storeys
Number of sails	Four sails
Type of sails	Double Patent sails
Winding	Fantail
Fantail blades	Six blades
Number of pairs of millstones	Three pairs

East Runton Windmill is a grade II listed^[1] tower mill at East Runton, Norfolk, England which has been converted to residential accommodation.

History

The first record of this windmill is its appearance on Bryant’s map of Norfolk published in 1826. The mill was owned by Joseph Baker in 1836. He was a miller and brickmaker. The mill was to let in 1843. On 1 November 1860 a girl was struck by one of the sails and knocked unconscious. The mill was working until at least 1908, when Ronald Hall was the miller, but it was derelict in 1926.^[2]

The mill still had a cap in 1937, but the sails and fantail had been removed by then. By 1949, the mill had been stripped of machinery. The tower retained the remains of the cap frame in 1984.^[2] In 2003, the mill was converted to residential accommodation, with a new cap and fantail added.^[3]

Description

For an explanation of the various pieces of machinery, see Mill machinery.

East Runton Windmill is a five storey tower mill with a stage at second floor level. It has a boat shaped cap with a gallery, winded by a fantail. The mill had four double Patent sails and drove three pairs of millstones. The tower is 38 feet (11.58 m) to curb level.

Millers

Joseph Baker 1836-43
George Waterson 1845-46
Joseph Baker 1841-56
Stephen Millet 1858-59
James Kemp 1860-1904
Ronald Hall 1908

Reference for above:-^[2]

Gallery

The Norfolk style cap with six-bladed fan
The east elevation of the mill
East Runton Windmill
East Runton Windmill

References

↑ "MILL, MILL LANE, RUNTON, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK". English Heritage. Retrieved 17 July 2009.
1 2 3 Apling, Harry (1984). Norfolk Corn Windmills, Volume 1. Norwich: The Norfolk Windmills Trust. pp. 90–92. ISBN 0-9509793-0-9.
↑ "East Runton towermill". Norfolk Mills. Retrieved 17 July 2009.

External links

Windmill World webpage on East Runton mill

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