Record Details
| NHER Number: | 15093 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Fritton Marsh Drainage Mill |
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Summary
A mid 19th century drainage mill with a tarred brick tower. The sails have long gone, and the tower is derelict, though it retains some internal machinery, as well as some external gearing for a traction engine.
Images - none
Location
Full description
Windpump.
26 July 1979. Field Observation
Visited by E. Rose (NAU).
Brick tower mill, with brakewheel shaft and some timbers of cap remaining. Derelict.
According to (S1) in 1975 the brakewheel and a 7 foot 2 inch [2.1m] internal pit wheel were still remaining.
Marked on (S2).
See sketch in (S3).
Compiled by E. Rose (NAU). Information from record card (S4).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 25 October 2022.
July 1988. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description excerpt:
"Drainage windpump. Mid 19th century. Three-storey tapering tarred brick tower. Doors to south and north, the former originally with a segmental arch, the latter now in a mutilated opening. Openings above doors originally held windows. Weatherboarded cap survives but not in situ. Cast iron windshaft, brakewheel, wallower and clasp arm pitwheel. Timber upright shaft. Pitwheel drove external scoopwheel (now missing). External engine shed with 20th-century traction engine gearing and belt pulley."
Information from (S5).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S5) for the current listing details.
P. Watkins (HES), 25 October 2022.
Monument Types
- DRAINAGE MILL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1994. TM 4599AD-AG. |
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TM 49 NE 14. |
| --- | Monograph: Dolman, P.C.J.. 1978. Windmills in Suffolk: a contemporary survey.. pp 39, 40, 52. |
| --- | Photograph: 1992. Photograph of Fritton Marsh drainage mill.. Colour. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| --- | Monograph: Pevsner, N. and Radcliffe, E. 1974. Suffolk. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 225. |
| <S1> | Monograph: Smith, A. C. 1977. Drainage Windmills of the Norfolk Marshes. No 20. |
| <S2> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1805-1836. Ordnance Survey Map. One inch to the mile. First Edition. |
| <S3> | Publication: Maxwell, D.. 1925. Unknown Norfolk. p.4. p 4. |
| <S4> | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S5> | Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1172278. |
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