page_title: Billingford Windmill
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Billingford Windmill / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: Billingford Mill, near to Billingford, Norfolk, Great Britain. A windmill, closed to the public. It seems to of losts its sails recently. All the information on here &lt;a title="http://www.norfolkmills.co.uk/Windmills/billingford-pyrleston-towermill.html" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.norfolkmills.co.uk/Windmills/billingford-pyrleston-towermill.html"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img style="padding-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="http://s0.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/&gt;
context_page_description: Billingford Windmill is a grade II* listed brick tower mill at Billingford near Diss, Norfolk, England which has been preserved and restored to working order. As of June 2009, the mill is under repair, with new sails being made.
context_section_description: Billingford Windmill is a five storey tower mill with a boat shaped cap winded by a fantail. The tower is 36 feet (10.97 m) high to curb level. It has four double Patent sails carried on a cast iron windshaft. The brake wheel carries a tablet inscribed "W SKINNER 1860". The upright shaft is of cast iron, and is 4 ¹⁄₂ inches (114 millimetres) diameter. The great spur wheel is only 5 feet 4 ¹⁄₂ inches (1.64 metres) diameter. The two pairs of millstones are driven overdrift. A third pair is housed on a hurst frame on the ground floor of the mill and can be driven by engine.
caption: The mill in 2010
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