Record Details
| NHER Number: | 10387 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Stracey Arms Drainage Mill |
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Summary
A prominent and popular landmark in the flatness of Acle Marshes, this is a fine brick tower mill dating to the 1880s. The mill stopped working in 1946, when its sails were removed, but was fully restored from 1961 by the Norfolk Windmills Trust. The Trust still looks after the mill, which has all its machinery intact, and is open to the public. The actual drainage work is now done by an adjacent electric pump.
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Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 4416 0896 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG40NW |
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| Parish: | HALVERGATE, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
24 April 1979. Visit.
Fully restored by Norfolk Windmills Trust and open to public. Excellent condition. All machinery, sails, scoopwheel intact. Main vertical drive shaft is of cast iron (unusual for this area) by Barnes of Yarmouth dated 1885. Mill said to stand on wooden piles.
(S1) shows a previous mill on site.
Modern electric pump in brick shed now controls drainage. This may be the 'mill near the Acle New Road' that the cutting in (S2) says was the last to be built in Norfolk.
(S3) says date is 1883 not 1885.
(S4) makes the point that though it has Cubitt's patent sails there is no spider. Maintained by Norfolk County Council (NCC).
NCC say that whichever mill (S2) is referring to, it must be wrong, as mills were being built elsewhere in Norfolk well into this century. (In fact this referred to NHER 4331).
Converted to a pill box during World War Two when gunports were opened in its sides. Information from (S5).
Built on piles 12m (40 feet) long with a pitch pine raft on top.
1946. Ceased work and sail shutters removed.
1961. Restoration began.
1972. Sails damaged by a gale.
Information from (S5). R.J.Rickett (NAU), 22 June 1990.
(S6) large rolled plans.
E.Rose (NLA).
The date is given as 1883 not 1885 in (S7).
E. Rose (NLA), 8 November 2004.
Copy of newspaper cuttings (S8) to (S10) in file.
Monument Types
- DRAINAGE MILL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- PUMPING STATION (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- PILLBOX (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1994. TG4408/C - G. |
| --- | Monograph: Brown, R.J.. 1976. Windmills of England.. 158-9. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Monograph: Pevsner, N. and Wilson, B. 1997. Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 537. |
| --- | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 2011. New report highlights threat to iconic mills. 19 October. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| --- | *Rolled Plan: Large Plan Exists. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Post-Medieval. Halvergate. |
| --- | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 2016. Project to see windpump sails turning gathers pace. 4 June. |
| <S1> | Publication: Faden, W. and Barringer, J. C. 1989. Faden's Map of Norfolk in 1797. |
| <S2> | Archive: Bolingbroke Collection. |
| <S3> | Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1051459. |
| <S4> | Monograph: Smith, A.. 1978. Drainage Windmills of the Norfolk Marshes.. No 64. |
| <S5> | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 40 NW 5. |
| <S6> | Illustration: Various. Various. Architectural plans. |
| <S7> | Article in Serial: Allard, P.. 2004. Millwright.. Yarmouth Archaeology. pp 8-13. |
| <S8> | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1975. Stracey Arms windmill opened. 30 July. |
| <S9> | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1976-1992. [Articles on the restoration work undertaken at Stracey Arms Drainage Mill]. |
| <S10> | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1983-1984. [Photographs of Stracey Arms Drainage Mill]. |
Related records
| MNO3442 | Related to: Stracey Arms Mill HALVERGATE (Revoked) |
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