Record Details
| NHER Number: | 10356 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Buckenham Drainage Mill |
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Summary
The extant brick tower mill is probably a 19th century replacement of an earlier mill , now derelict, with the modern pump house adjacent to it.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 3536 0445 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG30SE |
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| Parish: | STRUMPSHAW, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Drainage pump.
Marked on (S1).
E. Rose (NAU).
Described by (S2) as brick tower with odd kink at top; derelict; modern pump house adjacent.
October 1993.
New roof added, see press cutting (S3) in file.
E. Rose (NLA) 8 October 1993.
According to (S4) the modern building is in fact one of the best preserved steam engine houses complete with chimney. Chimney is free standing and leaning, modern engine inserted in house.
E. Rose (NLA) 22 September 1997.
The last paragraph is incorrect. This refers in fact to NHER 10261 and must have been a misprint in (S4).
E. Rose (NLA) 11 July 2005.
May 2005. Building Survey.
Condition survey undertaken as part of Broadland Flood Alleviation Project.
See report (S5) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 10 March 2015.
Monument Types
- DRAINAGE MILL (Post Medieval to Modern - 1780 AD? to 2050 AD)
- ENGINE HOUSE (Post Medieval to Cold War - 1880 AD to 1950 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1994. TG 3504A - C. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Publication: Faden, W. and Barringer, J. C. 1989. Faden's Map of Norfolk in 1797. |
| <S2> | Monograph: Smith, A.. 1990. Drainage Windmills of the Norfolk Marshes.. |
| <S3> | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1993. Soldiers raise the roof at windmill. 7 October. |
| <S4> | Unpublished Document: Knights, M.. Report for Broads Authority. |
| <S5> | Unpublished Report: Philpot, M. 2005. Built Heritage Condition Survey Report - BHCSR01. Buckenham Drainage Mill. Built Heritage Condition Survey Report. |
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