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Gorleston
Cliff Hill towermill |
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c.1880 |
Gorleston Cliff Hill tower mill had a Norfolk boat shaped cap and pateent sails. The mill was sometimes known as Beevor's Mill and was demolished in 1887. |
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Mill House c.1900 |
Sale of a Brick Built Tower Wind-Mill, in the popular district
of
GORLESTON, near GT. YARMOUTH, To Be Sold By Auction,
By Mr James Crisp, By direction of the Trustees under the Assignment of
Mr Robert Butcher, late of Geldeston, in Norfolk, On Thursday, The 16th of
June, 1864, at 2 for 3 o'Clock precisely, At The Duke's Head Inn, Great
Yarmouth. All that substantial Brick Built Tower WINDMILL with Four
Patent Sails; containing Six Floors, and driving Three Pairs of French Burr
Stones, with Jumper and Flour Mill, and the requisite going Gear in good
working order; and the Works attached for Sawing Timber, also in good
repair; together with a convenient Brick Built and Tiled DWELLING HOUSE,
Granary, Stables, and Outbuildings, large Yard and a piece of ARABLE LAND
adjoining. The Mill winds herself; the whole Premises are in excellent
repair,
and are eligibly situate for Trade. The property is sold subject to an
annuity.
For Particulars and Conditions of Sale apply to Mr W. R. Seago, Solicitor, Lowestoft, or to the Auctioneer, at Beccles. Beccles & Bungay Weekly News - 7th June 1864 |
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Mill granary 6th May 2002 |
Granary 2007 |
By 2007 the converted granary had been renamed Polly's Cottage |
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Granary 2007 |
1887: Mill demolished |
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