NHER 10407 (Building record) - Kerrison's Level Drainage Mill
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
Location
| Map sheet | TG40NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HALVERGATE, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
24 April 1979. Visit.
Tower remains with boat shaped cap. Tapers markedly.
Farm is now called Kerrison's Level.
See (S1) (called Key's Mill).
Marked on (S2), 1836.
Listed (S3) as 19th century. Cap frame with sheers, tail beam, sprattle beam, headstock and weatherbeam. Track and gear intact. Cast iron windshaft and brake arm.
Cast iron horizontal drive shaft to scoop wheel with wooden starts and floats.
Example of a cap with tail pole adapted for fan winding.
E. Rose (NAU), 11 December 1985.
Marked as Acle Mill on (S4). (S5) shows no mill here, only a house called Marsh House.
E. Rose (NLA), 7 June 2002.
(S6) Newspaper article includes a photograph of the mill in 1947.
A. Rix (HES), 30 August 2011.
(S7) 5 Photographs showing the condition of the mill in 1991.
(S8) includes description from Arthur Smith's book and details of works between 1982 - 1994.
(S9) Photograph showing the mill in 1994 with no sails or fantail.
(S10) Letter from 1994 includes some history.
A. Rix (HES), 30 August 2011.
March 1999. Building Survey.
Inspection to assess structural condition.
See report (S11) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES),
Restoration 2000.
(S12) Press cutting in file.
(S13) 10 prints plus 2 A4 pages of images showing repairs to the cap in 2000.
A. Rix (HES), 31 August 2011.
(S14) 2007 report which includes some history and technical data on the mill.
A. Rix (HES), 30 August 2011.
Associated Sources (17)
- --- SNF49664 Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1994. TG 4608A - E.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF8266 Monograph: Smith, A.. 1978. Drainage Windmills of the Norfolk Marshes.. No 23.
- <S10> SNF81576 Correspondence: R. Seago. 1994. Kerrison's Mill. 2 December.
- <S11> SNF81585 Unpublished Contractor Report: Gentry, A. 1999. Structural Appraisal, Kerrison's Level Pump, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Alan Gentry Structural Engineers Ltd.
- <S12> SNF60920 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 2000. Repairs to preserve historic mill. 14 July.
- <S13> SNF81584 Photograph: Norfolk County Council. 2000. Kerrison's Level. print, colour.
- <S14> SNF81577 Unpublished Document: Norfolk County Council. 2007. Kerrison's Level Mill.
- <S2> SNF49461 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1805-1836. Ordnance Survey Map. One inch to the mile. First Edition.
- <S3> SNF48662 Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England.
- <S4> SNF4947 Map: Bryant, A.. 1826. Bryant's Map of Norfolk.
- <S5> SNF6047 Publication: Faden, W. and Barringer, J. C. 1989. Faden's Map of Norfolk in 1797.
- <S6> SNF81574 Newspaper Article: Eastern Evening News. 1982. Halvergate marshes plan will not bring back wildfowl. 11 February.
- <S7> SNF81582 Photograph: Norfolk County Council. 1991. Kerrisons Level. print, colour.
- <S8> SNF81530 Unpublished Document: Norfolk County Council. 1994 - 1996. 1994 to 1996 Drainage Mill Survey and record.
- <S9> SNF81571 Photograph: Norfolk County Council. 1994. Kerrison's Level, Halvergate. print, colour.
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Record last edited
Oct 25 2022 10:59PM