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Victoria Post Mill, Eye Suffolk

Fri 12 Sep 25
Fri 12 Sep:0900-1700; Sat 13 Sep:0900-1700; Sun 14 Sep:0900-1700; Mon 15 Sep:0900-1700; Tues 16 Sep:0900-1700; Wed 17 Sep:0900-1700; Thu 18 Sep:0900-1700; Fri 19 Sep:0900-1700; Sat 20 Sep:0900-1700; Sun 21 Sep:0900-1700; Free Entry. 10 Millfield, Castleton Way, Eye IP23 7DE Heritage Open Day: This post mill was built around 1799 and was used for grinding corn.A post mill is the earliest type of European windmill.The whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post. Mainly timber-framed, whose body, containing machinery and carrying the sail, rotates about an upright post.A tower-like structure of wood or brick with a wooden cap and sails which are driven around by the wind producing power to work the internal machinery. In August 1889 the mill was damaged by lightning and then in the 1920s it was so severely damaged by a storm it was never repaired.Parts were used in restoration of other mills, Framsden Post Mill. 1990: and Thrigby Mill in Norfolk. The only remaining structure is the original circular brick base... READ MORE>

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