Record Details
| NHER Number: | 8610 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Stokesby Commission Drainage Mill |
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Summary
An early 19th century brick drainage mill built by William Rust. There has been a mill on this site since the early 18th century.
Images - none
Location
Full description
Drainage Mill.
Brick tower remains, with apparently an attempt to create a lookout platform on top by supporting a flat roof on brick pillars.
E. Rose (NAU) 15 November 1978.
Marked on (S1) as Stokesby Drain Mill.
E. Rose (NAU)
December 1987. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description:
Drainage windpump. Early 19th century by William Rust. Brick with timber roof covering. Tapering circular 4 storey brick tower surviving to curb track. Round-headed timber door to south under arched timber lintel. One segmental- headed second floor casement above. One ground floor window to east and a first floor window to north. Flat roof built upon brick piers.
Information from (S2).
E. Rose (NLA), 7 October 1998.
Monument Types
- DRAINAGE MILL (18th Century to 21st Century - 1720 AD to 2100 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1994. TG4210/A - D. |
| --- | 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 679. |
| <S1> | Publication: Faden, W. and Barringer, J. C. 1989. Faden's Map of Norfolk in 1797. |
| <S2> | Designation: English Heritage. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1152630. |
Related records
| 42904 | Related to: Commission Mill Cottage (Building) |
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