Record Details

NHER Number:5271
Type of record:Building
Name:Gayton Windmill

Summary

This seven storey brick tower mill was built in 1824 and was last worked by wind in 1912. It was built to replace NHER 15000. There is also a granary and a bake house of 1867 connected to the mill by a weather-boarded loading bay. The mill house was built around 1800 although it may contain some parts of an older building.

Images

  • The brick tower of Gayton Windmill was built in 1827  © Norfolk Museums & Archaeology Service

Location

Grid Reference:TF 7324 1928
Map Sheet:TF71NW
Parish:GAYTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

August 1975. Visit.
Tower mill. Brick tower alone survives.
E. Rose (NAU), 28 August 1975.

Very tall. Tower survives to full height, cap missing. Crenellations have since been added to top.
E. Rose (NAU), 11 November 1976.

Built between 1797 and 1836 as it supercedes site NHER 15000, appearing on (S1).
E. Rose (NLA).

Built 1824; last worked by wind 1912.
E. Rose (NLA), 4 February 1982.

(S2) adds a granary to the east and a bakehouse of 1867 connected to the mill by a weatherboarded loading bay. The mill house of around 1800 is said to be on an older core.
E. Rose (NLA), 25 September 1998.

February 2010.
The windmill once had an eight-storey tower and was topped by the county's smallst weathervane,
See (S3) for further details,
H. White, (NLA), 28 April 2010

Monument Types

  • BAKERY (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • GRANARY (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • WINDMILL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status

  • Listed Building
  • SHINE

Sources and further reading

---Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1981. Break away pair create craft centre. 6 October.
---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
---Newspaper Article: Lynn News. 1990. [Photograph of Gayton Windmill with sails]. 29 May.
---Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, W. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 353.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Map: Ordnance Survey. 1824-1836. Ordnance Survey First Edition 1 inch..
<S2>Designation: English Heritage. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1077636.
<S3>Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 2010. Web-savvy village big on local activities. 2 February.

Related records - none

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