NHER 10084 (Building record) - Aslacton Windmill

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Summary

Post medieval windmill, now derelict. One brick is inscribed 1834 and the windmill may have been built then. It is reported that the machinery is still in the upper storeys. One millstone is used as the doorstep, another was found in the yard around the mill.

Protected Status/Designation

Listed Building (II) 1049679: WINDMILL IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF MILL FARMHOUSE

Location

Map sheet	TM19SE
Civil Parish	ASLACTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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March 1978. Visit.
Wind mill.
Brick tower of tower mill remains to full height.
Tarred over, rear door blocked in recent times.
One brick has graffiti 1834, and structure cannot be much older. Machinery said to remain in upper storeys (inaccessible). Shaft projects from wall for a stationary engine to provide drive. One millstone used as doorstep, others said to be in yard nearby. Tower badly cracked on both sides.
To be demolished or converted to house.
E. Rose (NAU) 2 March 1978.

(S1) Photograph dated 1937 showing the mill with sails and fantail although it was no longer working by wind. The fantail has some timbers missing and some of the shutters in the sails are missing.
A. Rix (HES), 14 August 2012.

Some history of the mill, giving details of the sale of the mill and associated buildings and the millers. See (S2), (S3), (S4).
A. Rix (HES), 14 August 2012.

(S5) 4 photographs of the mill in a derelict state without cap and sails.
A. Rix (HES), 22 May 2013.

Associated Sources (9)

--- SNF7576 Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, B. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 185.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TM 19 SE 20.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF84546 Photograph: Hallam Ashley. 1937. Aslacton, Norfolk. Black and white.
<S2> SNF84547 Monograph: Apling, H.. 1984. Norfolk Corn Windmills. Vol I. pp 214-216.
<S3> SNF8211 Monograph: Smith, A.. 1982. Corn windmills in Norfolk: a contemporary survey.. pp 13, 36.
<S4> SNF84548 Website: Neville, J.. 2005. Aslacton towermill. http://www.norfolkmills.co.uk/Windmills/aslacton-towermill.html. 14 August 2012.
<S5> SNF85303 Photograph: Photographs of Aslacton Windmill, Aslacton. Black & white.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

WINDMILL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Object Types (1)

MILLSTONE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Aslacton (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Jul 18 2016 11:56AM