Denver Windmill

Denver windmill was built in 1835, replacing an earlier post mill which was marked on the 1824 Ordnance Survey map. The mill was built for John Porter and the tower bears a datestone with the legend JMP 1835. A steam mill had been erected at Denver windmill by 1863, powered by a 12 hp engine. This drove three pairs of millstones, as did the windmill. In 1896, James Gleaves made a Deed of Assignment and the mill was offered for sale by auction at the Crown Hotel, Downham Market but was withdrawn from sale at the auction. The cap was eventually removed for restoration work to be carried out in 1991 and in 1992 further work was carried out on the sails. In 1995, the Mill and house were put up…

Denver Windmill is a six-storey tower mill with a stage at third-floor level. The tower is 59 ft high to the curb. The ogee cap has a gallery and is winded by a fantail. The mill drives three pairs of overdrift millstones. In 2009 an electrically powered Barron Dreadnought vertical stone mill was brought into commission, with French SAMAP conical stone mill added in 2011. A Blackstone 2' vertical French Burr mill is in the process of being recommissioned, and following the stock accident electrification of one set of stones is being investigated for the Windmill.