Button's Mill, Diss
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Jay's Mill, Button's Mill or Victoria Road Mill is a tower mill at Diss, Norfolk, England which has been truncated and converted to residential accommodation.
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Mill name | Jays Mill Button's Mill Victoria Road Mill |
Mill location | TM123792 |
Coordinates | 52.36995°N 1.1180352°E / 52.36995; 1.1180352 |
Operator(s) | Private |
Year built | c1817 |
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Purpose | Corn |
Type | Tower mill |
Storeys | Six storeys |
No. of sails | Four sails |
Type of sails | Double Patent sails |
Windshaft | Cast iron |
Winding | Fantail |
Fantail blades | Eight blades |
Auxiliary power | Steam engine, later replaced by an oil engine |
No. of pairs of millstones | Three pairs (1853) Four pairs (1880) |
Size of millstones | Two pairs 5 feet (1.52 m) diameter, one pair 4 feet (1.22 m) diameter (1853) Four pairs 4 feet (1.22 m) diameter (1880). |
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