Flixton Road Mill, Bungay
Encyclopedia
Flixton Road Mill is a tower mill
at Bungay
, Suffolk
, England
which has been truncated and converted to residential accommodation. The structure is a Grade II listed building.
. Later, it was truncated by one storey and converted to residential accommodation.
s. Auxiliary power was by an engine, with the external drive belt enclosed in a wooden casing.
Tower mill
A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind....
at Bungay
Bungay, Suffolk
Bungay is a market town in the English county of Suffolk. It lies in the Waveney valley, west of Beccles on the edge of The Broads, and at the neck of a meander of the River Waveney.-Early history:...
, Suffolk
Suffolk
Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
which has been truncated and converted to residential accommodation. The structure is a Grade II listed building.
History
Flixton Road Mill was built in 1830. It worked by wind until 1918 when it was struck by lightningLightning
Lightning is an atmospheric electrostatic discharge accompanied by thunder, which typically occurs during thunderstorms, and sometimes during volcanic eruptions or dust storms...
. Later, it was truncated by one storey and converted to residential accommodation.
Description
Flixton Road Mill was a six storey tower mill with a boat shaped cap. It had four Patent sails of ten bays and was winded by a fantail. There was a stage at second floor level and the mill drove three pairs of millstoneMillstone
Millstones or mill stones are used in windmills and watermills, including tide mills, for grinding wheat or other grains.The type of stone most suitable for making millstones is a siliceous rock called burrstone , an open-textured, porous but tough, fine-grained sandstone, or a silicified,...
s. Auxiliary power was by an engine, with the external drive belt enclosed in a wooden casing.
External links
- Windmill World webpage on Flixton Road Mill.