Description

TG 32 SE SUTTON NEW ROAD
(north side)

5/71 Sutton Mill
16.4.55

G.V. II*

Tower corn mill. 1789, rebuilt 1859 following fire. Brick circular tapering
tower, tarred below, painted white above. Timber boat shaped cap. Current
restoration commenced 1976. 9 storeys. Entrance to south below door in meal
floor, both under corrugated iron and timber hood. Iron casements to each
floor at cardinal points under segmental arches. To north, east and west,
however, 3 or 4 are blocked or blind. Gallery above fifth floor : timber
supported on iron brackets. Boat shaped cap with petticoat, fan cradle,
10-vaned fantail of 1978. Stocks but no sails. Interior. Many floor timbers
replaced. Brakewheel, windshaft, wallower and upright shaft drive great spur
wheel and stone nuts to 4 pairs stones in vats. Stones on fifth floor and
under driven. Governors, sack hoist, pulley drive and enclosed stone nut
frame intact or repaired.

Listing NGR: TG3957723871

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17555838

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Recommended Books

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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)