East Runton Windmill

Geobox|Windmill
name = East Runton Tower Windmill
category = Windmill


image_caption =East Runton Windmill, January 2008


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country = England
state = Norfolk
region = East of England
district = North Norfolk
municipality = East Runton
location = Mill Lane, East Runton
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map_caption =East Runton Windmill within Norfolk
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East Runton Tower Windmill is located in the village of East Runton in the English county of Norfolk. [ "OS Explorer map 24” (Edition A 1997) – “Norfolk Coast Central". ISBN 0-319-21726-4.] The windmill is on the south-eastern edge of the village close to the Bittern Line railway between Sheringham and Cromer.

Description

The windmill is 38 feet tall and has five storeys. The tower is built from a buff-coloured brick which was once cement-rendered. The mill had four double-shuttered sails with a six-bladed fan on the cap. The cap resembles an upturned clinker boat hull and is a traditional style for Norfolk. The cap had a gallery, petticoat and a chain pole. The sails once powered three pairs of millstones.

History

The first record of this windmill is its appearance on the Bryant’s map of 1826, [Bryants map of 1826.] but the windmill probably pre-dates this record. The mill was owned by a Joseph Baker in 1836. He is recorded as a miller and brickmaker. Joseph Baker was married to one Susan Dawson, whose family owned the brickworks in East Runton where Joseph had once worked. [ [http://www.norfolkmills.co.uk/Windmills/east-runton-towermill.html Norfolk Mills - East Runton tower windmill ] ] It is thought that because of this connection it was Joseph who built the brick tower mill on the site of an earlier wooden postmill, although this has not been proved. The windmill was let to several millers over the years. The windmill ceased working in 1908 and by 1926 the mill was derelict. In 1936 the mill had lost its sails and only the cap and fanstage remained. The windmill has now been turned into a private residence. In 2004 a new Norfolk type clinker cap was installed along with a gallery and a fantail.

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