East Runton Windmill is a

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East Runton East Runton is a village in the civil parish of Runton in the England, English county of Norfolk. East Runton is located west of Cromer and north of Norwich. The village lies on the A149 road, A149 coast road but most of the dwellings can be ...

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, 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 following his marriage with Susan Dawson in 1804. He was a miller and brickmaker. The mill was to let in 1843. On 1 November 1860 a fifteen year old girl named Martha Holman 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. 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. In 2003, the mill was converted to residential accommodation, with a new cap and fantail added.

Description

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

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s. The tower is 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:-

Gallery

Image:East Runton Tower Windmill 23 Jan 2008 (6).JPG, The Norfolk style cap with six-bladed fan Image:East Runton Tower Windmill 23 Jan 2008 (7).JPG, The east elevation of the mill Image:East Runton Tower Windmill 23 Jan 2008 (5).JPG, East Runton Windmill Image:East Runton Tower Windmill 23 Jan 2008 (1).JPG, East Runton Windmill

References

External links

Windmill World
webpage on East Runton mill {{Windmills and Windpumps of East Anglia Towers completed in the 1820s East Runton Windmills in Norfolk North Norfolk Tower mills in the United Kingdom Grade II listed buildings in Norfolk Grinding mills in the United Kingdom Grade II listed windmills