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arches, probably installed during rebuilding work in the 1800s. Also during this period four patent double-shuttered sails were installed. These were struck by rack and pinion via a chain pole and drove three pairs of stones. Photographs from that period show that the windmill had one pair of sails
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The towermill stands over four storeys and is 32 feet tall. In its operational days the mill was powered with common sails and a tailpole. The configuration powered two pairs of grindstones. The doors and windows are unusual in that they have
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had seven bays of three shutters and the other pair had eight bays of three shutters. The top of the mill was capped with a dome with a
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This article about a Norfolk building or structure is a
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Blakeney
North Norfolk
England
52°57′15.80″N 1°1′30.93″E / 52.9543889°N 1.0252583°E / 52.9543889; 1.0252583
Blakeney
county
Norfolk
National Trust
Grade II
Gothic
finial
"Blakeney Tower Windmill:: OS grid TG0343 :: Geograph British Isles"
ISBN
0-319-21726-4
Historic England
"Details from listed building database (1170652)"
National Heritage List for England


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