Syleham windmill, Suffolk 🌍


Syleham #2520

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(52.35272,1.24949)


Map/aerial photo of the area around the mill

post mill function:Corn mill - roundhouse with high conical roof over complete post

buck destroyed in Great Storm of 1987

Entry in Mills Archive database - #2520 - Post mill, Syleham

It collapsed in 1987.

Muggeridge Collection photos

What remains of Syleham windmill [2014-04-01]

Adrian S Pye

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Listed Building, Grade II: POST MILL (listed 1955-09-27)

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for information on Post mill, Syleham

International Mill Database Entry
name Syleham post mill
id 59497
description Built in 1730 at Wingfield, the mill was moved to Syleham in 1823; in 1987 it was blown down during a storm; today only the unusual roundhouse and trestle of Syleham post mill still survive
drive power recent none
drive power originally windmill
mill type post mill
special construction roundhouse
function type grain mill
condition type remains
map location 52.352725,1.249495
country United Kingdom
state England
county Suffolk
municipality Eye
city Syleham
zip IP21 4LU
street Windmill Lane
logo detail windmill_ruin
sails shuttered
picture 137468
photographer name Willem van Bergen
Website link Wikipedia
construction year 1730
picture name GB-SylehamSuffolk_01_ID59497_WillemVanBergen_1975.JPG
picture url https://milldatabase.org/image/137468/download


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