Swim Coots Mill is a tower mill at Catfield, Norfolk, England which has been conserved with some machinery remaining.

History

Swim Coots Mill was built in the early nineteenth century. It was marked on the 1838 Ordnance Survey map. The mill was working until at least the 1930s but was derelict by 1978. The mill has since been conserved, with the tower roofed over.

Swim Coots Mill, Catfield

Description

Swim Coots mill is a two storey tower mill which formerly had a boat shaped cap winded by a fantail. It had four double Patent sails. The tower is diameter at the base and high to curb level. It drove a diameter scoopwheel housed internally. The mill also drove a single pair of millstones.

Swim Coots Mill, Catfield

References

External links

Windmill World webpage on Swim Coots Mill.

Swim Coots Mill, Catfield

Industrial buildings completed in the 19th century

Windmills of the Norfolk Broads

Tower mills in the United Kingdom

Grinding mills in the United Kingdom

Windpumps in the United Kingdom