Record Details

NHER Number:44433
Type of record:Building
Name:Grove Mill

Summary

This 19th century steam mill has three storeys and is built of red brick with yellow arches. It is a remarkable building to find in a rural Norfolk location. The interior had been gutted by 2006.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TM 17555 92992
Map Sheet:TM19SE
Parish:FORNCETT, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

Tall red brick building; three bays three storeys, with door between bays in one side wall one gable wall three storeys two bays with loading between first floor windows, the other has third storey windows only – there is a low gabled attachment, does this indicate this is original? Red brick, yellow brick arches. Date must be mid 19th century, a remarkable building to find in a rural Norfolk location, but (S1) gives a clue as to its use as a steam mill.
(S2) in file states interior gutted.
E. Rose (NLA), 3 May 2006.

Monument Types

  • STEAM MILL (19th Century to 21st Century - 1850 AD to 2100 AD)

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Map: Ordnance Survey. 1883. First edition six inch map.
<S2>Illustration: Various. Various. Architectural plans.

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