Thorpeness windmill, Suffolk

Thorpeness #1066

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Aldringham Mill: post mill function:Drainage mill - adapted for pumping water up to the "House in the Clouds"

Opening times - WARNING : may not be up to date

opening times	charges	website	notes
Has opened previously, but current opening plans unknown		No known website providing opening details

East Anglian Magazine cover showing Thorpeness post mill, issue Nov 1970
East Anglian Magazine

Aldringham cum Thorpe, ,
© Alan Caston collection

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Entry in Mills Archive database - #1066 - Thorpeness Mill, Aldringham cum Thorpe

It was moved from Aldringham (NGR TM 443 608) in 1922/3.

Muggeridge Collection photos

F183922 - Thorpeness. Suffolk. The 'House In The Clouds' And Windmill. 27 May 1978. (colour slide)
F183923 - Thorpeness. Suffolk. 27 May 1978. (colour slide)
F183924 - Thorpeness. Suffolk. Patent Sweeps And Spider. 27 May 1978. (colour slide)
F183925 - Thorpeness. Suffolk. Fan Tail. 27 May 1978. (colour slide)
F183926 - Thorpeness. Suffolk. Detail Of Gearing From Fan To Step Wheels. 27 May 1978. (colour slide)
F186666 - Thorpeness. Suffolk. June 29. 1933 (W B Muggeridge plate glass negative)

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Thorpeness Windmill [2026-03-24] - HD

Michael Garlick

The wind pump on Uplands Road [2024-09-26] - HD

Helen Steed

Post Mill rebuilt here in 1923 to pump water pre mains supply [2022-06-20] - HD

Martin Dawes

Thorpeness, Lakeside Avenue: 'Windmill Cottage' [2023-08-26] - HD

Michael Garlick

Thorpeness, Uplands Road: The Windmill [2023-08-26] - HD

Michael Garlick

Thorpeness, Uplands Road: The Windmill [2023-08-26] - HD

Michael Garlick

Thorpeness, Uplands Road: The Windmill [2023-08-26] - HD

Michael Garlick

Thorpeness Mill [2021-10-01] - HD

N Chadwick

Thorpeness Mill [2021-10-01] - HD

N Chadwick

Thorpeness Mill [2021-10-01] - HD

N Chadwick

Thorpeness Windmill [2022-06-22] - HD

Oliver Dixon

The Mill & The House in the Clouds [2022-03-19] - HD

Des Blenkinsopp

Thorpeness Windmill, 2 [2021-11-23] - HD

Jonathan Billinger

Thorpeness Windmill, 1 [2021-11-23] - HD

Jonathan Billinger

Thorpeness Windmill [2021-10-01] - HD

Matthew Chadwick

Thorpeness Post Mill [1994-08-03] - HD

Colin Park

Thorpeness - Postmill [2016-09-27] - HD

Colin Park

The windmill at Thorpeness [2014-06-18] - HD

David Smith

Windmill at Thorpeness [2014-06-18] - HD

David Smith

Thorpeness Mill [1954-00-00]

Peter Jeffery

Thorpeness windmill [2013-06-23]

Ian Taylor

Thorpeness Windmill [2003-02-09] - HD

Kim Fyson

Undergoing repair work [2012-10-13] - HD

Richard Law

Thorpeness Windmill [2006-06-11]

Chris Allen

The House in the Clouds and Windmill [2008-08-13]

Adrian S Pye

Thorpeness Windmill [2010-07-19] - HD

Ashley Dace

Thorpeness Postmill [2010-07-19] - HD

Ashley Dace

Thorpeness Post Mill [2010-07-19] - HD

Ashley Dace

Thorpeness Windmill [2007-04-18]

Cameraman

Thorpeness Mill and the House in the Clouds [2008-08-06]

Ian Capper

Thorpeness Mill [2008-08-06]

Ian Capper

Two Thorpeness Landmarks [2009-05-24]

John Myers

Thorpeness Post Mill [1963-07-00]

Clive Warneford

Thorpeness windmill (3) [2008-08-28]

Oxyman

Thorpeness windmill (2) [2008-08-28]

Oxyman

Thorpeness windmill (1) [2008-08-28]

Oxyman

Windmill, Thorpeness, Suffolk [2008-08-01]

Elliott Simpson

Windmill, Thorpeness, Suffolk [2003-07-19]

Charles Skeavington

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Listed Building, Grade II: THORPENESS MILL (listed 1951-10-25)

Thorpeness,the house in the clouds & Mill c1955,Suffolk

Thorpeness, the house in the clouds & Mill c1955
Reproduced courtesy of The Francis Frith Collection

Wisdom Art Print: Thorpeness
UK Photo And Film Archive The Windmill At Thorpeness On Sea 1960s
Mirror Group Newspapers: Thorpeness
Britain Express article: Thorpeness Windmill

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News item: More windmill 3d models for Google Earth (6/2/11)

News item: Miller needed for Thorpeness windmill (4/3/03)

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Exterior Windmill And House In The Clouds From West

Thorpeness Windmill, Aldringham Cum Thorpe, Suffolk Coastal, Suffolk

8 Jun 1982 - Photograph (Negative)

General view of the windmill from the south

Thorpeness Mill, Uplands Road, Aldringham cum Thorpe, Thorpeness, East Suffolk, Suffolk

7 Sep 2023 - Photograph (Digital)

General view of the windmill from the south-west

Thorpeness Mill, Uplands Road, Aldringham cum Thorpe, Thorpeness, East Suffolk, Suffolk

18 Jan 2024 - Photograph (Digital)

General view looking north-west across the Meare towards Thorpeness, showing its windmill, houses and the House in the Clouds

The Meare, Thorpe Road, Aldringham cum Thorpe, Thorpeness, East Suffolk, Suffolk

8 Sep 2023 - Photograph (Digital)

Thorpeness Mill

Aldringham Cum Thorpe, Suffolk Coastal, Suffolk

5 Apr 2002 - Photograph (Digital)

From the Images of England project

International Mill Database Entry
name	Thorpeness post mill
id	49125
description	Post mill, built in 1803 at Aldringham and moved to Thorpeness in 1923
drive power recent	windmill
drive type recent	sails
mill type	post mill
function type	windpump
condition type	functional
use today	information centre
map location	52.181555,1.60891
country	United Kingdom
state	England
county	Suffolk
city	Thorpeness
zip	IP16 4NQ
street	Uplands Road
logo detail	windmill_work
sails	shuttered
picture	136868
photographer name	Willem van Bergen
Website link	Suffolk Mills Group
website link 2	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorpeness_Windmill
Website link	Wikipedia
construction year	1803
picture name	GB-AldringhamCumThorpeSuffolkThorpenessMill_02_ID49125_WillemVanBergen_1977.JPG
picture url	https://milldatabase.org/image/136868/download

Thorpeness windmill, Suffolk 🌍

Thorpeness #1066

Opening times - WARNING : may not be up to date

Muggeridge Collection photos