Gorleston
Cliff Hill
towermill


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c.1880
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.

Mill House c.1900
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


Mill granary 6th May 2002 Granary 2007
Mill granary 6th May 2002
Granary 2007

By 2007 the converted granary had been renamed Polly's Cottage

Granary 2007

Granary 2007

1887: Mill demolished


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