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Gazeley Mill
Gazeley Mill
	The converted mill
Origin
Mill name	Gazeley Mill
Mill location	TL 717 649
Coordinates	52°15′19″N 0°30′59″E / 52.25528°N 0.51639°E
Operator(s)	Private
Year built	1844
Information
Purpose	Corn mill
Type	Tower mill
Storeys	Six storeys
No. of sails	Four Sails
Type of sails	Patent sails
Winding	Fantail
Fantail blades	Six blades
Auxiliary power	Gippeswyck oil engine
No. of pairs of millstones	five pairs

Gazeley Mill is a tower mill at Gazeley, Suffolk, England which has been converted to residential accommodation.

History

Gazeley Mill was built in 1837 by William Death, replacing a nearby post mill.^[1] The mill drove five pairs of millstones.^[2] A Gippeswyck oil engine was installed by Turners, the Soham millwrights in 1880. In 1893, a one-and-a-half-sack^[3] roller mill made by Messrs E R & F Turner of Ipswich was installed. This was driven by the oil engine,^[1] which could also drive three of the five pairs of millstones.^[2] The mill ceased work c.1920 and was stripped of machinery and house converted in 1947.^[4]

Description

Gazeley Mill is a six storey tower mill. It had a boat shaped cap with a gallery, winded by a fantail. The four patent sails^[4] drove five pairs of millstones.^[1]

Millers

William De’ath 1844–1893^[1]^[2]
R J Harvey 1893–1910^[1]^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Flint, Brian (1979). Suffolk Windmills. Woodbridge: Boydell. pp. 42–43. ISBN 0-85115-112-4.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Regan, Dean (1997). Windmills of Suffolk. Suffolk: Dean Regan. p. 56. ISBN 0-9531562-0-6.
^ A capacity of 1½ sacks (30 stone / 190kg) per hour
^ ^a ^b Dolman, Peter (1978). Windmills in Suffolk. Ipswich: Suffolk Mills Group. p. 41. ISBN 0-9506447-0-6.