Gazeley Windmill, Tower mill in Gazeley, England
Gazeley Windmill is a six-story brick tower mill with a boat-shaped cap and a surrounding gallery. The structure retains its four patent sails that once rotated to grind grain for the local community.
William Death built the mill in 1837 as a replacement for an earlier post mill on the site. The new structure was equipped with five pairs of millstones to handle grain grinding operations.
The building represents the importance of grain mills in Suffolk's rural economy and daily life. Visitors today can understand how such structures were central to feeding the local community through their milling operations.
The building is now in private residential use, so access to the interior is limited. The exterior with its distinctive sails remains visible from public areas and can be observed from nearby roads.
In 1880, an innovative Gippeswyck oil engine built by Turners of Soham was installed to boost milling efficiency. This addition shows how mill operators of that era adopted new technologies to remain competitive and productive.
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